Homebrew's analytics have moved to the EU and away from Google
I'm still not sure if we (here in Europe) gain anything from all this work the GDPR causes.<p>For myself, Google never seemed to pick up which websites I visit. At least ads never followed me around. Probably because of my surfing habits: I open websites in a new browser instance and then close the instance. So no cookies stick around. Because I have set Firefox to delete cookies when closed. They could have tracked me via fingerprinting, but I have not noticed that happening.<p>Others surely have other browsing habbits. Keep cookies around forever, and Google knows most of the websites they visit. So when they google for a new fridge, they see fridge ads everywhere for a week.<p>But is that really a problem? What are the real world negative consequences?<p>Tech companies now seem to geo-fence their new products and keep European users out right from the start.<p>Which makes us even less productive by having less and less tools available.<p>Is it worth it?<p>Or are we just shooting ourselfes in the knee, having to crawl instead of walk, and turn into a 3rd world continent?