Replace Google Analytics with a shell script
I just deployed Plausible.io[1] for my blog $6/mo on a droplet, it's self-hosted and 100% open source. It seems very privacy focused, and provides basically the same minimalist data described in this article.<p>I always find it weird though that privacy advocates still go for "I have this hidden treasure trove of analytics about my site that you cannot access"<p>Analytics should always be 100% anonymous and aggregated. And if you've met those two bars, making them open and public should be a non-issue. If you can't make your analytics public, that's called spying. There should be no issue making your analytics public. Mine are[2]<p>[1] <a href="https://plausible.io/docs/self-hosting" rel="nofollow">https://plausible.io/docs/self-hosting</a><p>[2] <a href="https://devlog.hexops.com/about#open-analytics-data" rel="nofollow">https://devlog.hexops.com/about#open-analytics-data</a>