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nice to see a alternative to https://plausible.io/ . UI looks a little rough in comparison, but that's maybe more a matter of taste.
There are plenty of alternatives: https://european-alternatives.eu/category/web-analytics-serv... I'm building one of them, Pirsch.
This thing uses the user agent string and IP to identify users, so you need a permission popup. It's great that they put much effort into not storing those things, using hashes etc, but that does not remove the requirement for permission under the ePrivacy directive.
One warning: the site claims you don't need a "cookie popup" since it doesn't use cookies. That's false. The ePrivacy directive states that reading or writing any data from the user device other than for the purpose of serving the site needs permission. This thing uses the user agent string and IP to identify users, so you need a permission popup. It's great that they put much effort into not storing those things, us…
This is my major gripe with all the privacy friendly analytics (disclaimer: I authored two, namely Fathom when it was still open-source and Koko Analytics) tools that submerged over the past few years. Elaborate work went into bypassing cookies, only to make things worse from a privacy perspective in the end.
One warning: the site claims you don't need a "cookie popup" since it doesn't use cookies. That's false. The ePrivacy directive states that reading or writing any data from the user device other than for the purpose of serving the site needs permission. This thing uses the user agent string and IP to identify users, so you need a permission popup. It's great that they put much effort into not storing those things, us…
This already happens for things like notifications and location access, is this something being worked on for the future?