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Builds a persistent profile of you across the web… this is directly at odds with "Doesn't use analytics = respects your privacy"

I’m sure the author isn’t aware of it and it’s just an oversight, but still.

Why does a single static html file even need a CDN?

Probably not a CDN, persay, but is using Cloudflare Pages as a host. Hosts static HTML for free on CF's CDNs. I use it for all my sites.

"need", probably not.

But anything that can be served from a cdn is better off if it fits. From a latency and bandwidth efficiency perspective