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Matomo is not trivial run on prem, there are lots of stuff that do not work on larger installs unless you do lots of manual optimization, what those optimizations are is not obvious. The problems only shows after some time when you have to redo reports for multiyear periods, or handle hug of death. That said people love analytics, it is a powerful tool.
On prem is a lot of work, and not something i want to approach lightly.
Why is this at the top of HN?
It’s likely not just in Europe anymore. Privacy seems to be a tend that is on the increase everywhere. But as I understand it, things move to the top of HN if they are interesting to a lot of people, and privacy is interesting to a lot of people these years. Not just to the “nerds” either, at least I tend to see more and more discussion on it outside of tech circles. In the EU specific you do have the very real “motivation” of dropping Google Analytics because using it puts you in the lovely area of breaking the law.
More alternatives: https://european-alternatives.eu/alternative-to/google-analy...
Half of the "alternatives" there are dead (website is offline) and the rest is not free. Those are hardly alternatives, more like band-aid solutions.
They may not be alternatives you like, but they are alternatives. And for many people a paid option may be better once they start looking at why the free thing is free.
I'm using the matomo self hosted version and like it overall. I love you can track all outbound clicks without having to specifically add Dom elements to outbound links to make this possible. Unfortunately matomo is blocked just like Google Analytics by every ad/tracking blocker. Doesn't matter if you host it yourself and only track global stats vs tracking users across the web like GA does. The only solution seems t…
We don't need tracking at all and bloating up and slowing down websites.
If you want a GDPR compliant analytics you have to disable many of its flagship features, or use something else like Plausible, designed to work with no consent.