We are using a self hosted analytics service which do not track any personal data and respects DNT signal from browser. Other than that we don't use any tracking script/method.
Can you provide a justification for using any user-centric analytics at all past gross-request counts?
Using which page led you to another can tell you a lot about how well the UI works.
Also, knowing the percentage of mobile to desktop, and how long pages are open can tell you about interest and if a particular choice affects one more than the other.
There's a huge amount you can learn from analytics.