This article clearly suggests that you should use their own solution, Plausible Analytics.
They are also JavaScript based, so how long before ad-blockers start blocking them too?
Isn't it time to come back to server side analytics?
They are also JavaScript based, so how long before ad-blockers start blocking them too?
Isn't it time to come back to server side analytics?
By server side analytics I meant using a tool like AWStas or Webalizer which parse web server logs to tell you how much visitors you had on your site.
I can't see how it can be blocked.
Sorry for my misunderstanding.
I welcome that; if I want to give feedback I'll do so myself. Analytics should not be opt-out.
Tools like AWStats or Webalizer are really outdated nowadays.
Smuggling tracking through first party proxies is certainly an easier way to avoid privacy protection systems on your customers' devices, but it's definitely not the silver bullet people want it to be.
You'll probably have to use inline scripts and send data back bundled with actual data necessary for your site to run if you want to sneak past the user's defenses. But if a site has that much of an adversarial with its users, maybe it's time to stop using that site.