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.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"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][1] https://plausible.io/docs/self-hosting[2] https://devlog.hexops.com/about#open-analytics-data