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I recently got tired of Google Analytics (for a number of reasons) and switched to Fathom Analytics.

Now, Ghostery says I have "zero trackers" on my personal site.

Fathom doesn't collect personal info about my visitors. They just show me my aggregate metrics (popular pages, top referrers) which is all I need anyway.

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Unfortunately it's just a matter of time. I have no doubt they will get added to uBlock pretty soon. Most people don't make a difference between tracking anonymously for data aggregation and tracking individual users. Many are paranoid and think that any type of tracking is bad.

It's because it only takes one flip of a switch to go from collecting aggregate data to collecting heavily personalised data.

Do the browser And/tracker blockers also block Fathom? If I switch, will I see higher numbers than with Google Analytics?

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