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One part he mentions is that avoiding tracking cookies means avoiding the "I consent to tracking cookies" popup.

> However, GA has grown exceedingly complicated, installs cookies (thus requiring the utterly annoying cookie warning in the EU)

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Fingerprinting for this purpose requires user consent in the same way a tracking cookie would. Admittedly, fingerprinting is harder to prove from the user side.

AT least in this case, there’s a blog post pointing out how it violates GDPR ;)

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