The state of website statistics is a sad one.  The better site analysis engines were bought years ago by Google (becoming Google analytics) and the like and the lesser ones died.  A few are still around kicking, including some quite good ones, but most advertisers, sponsors, etc will <i>only</i> trust third party analytics in determining advertising rates, sponsorship levels, etc.<p>Essentially, users who block analytics become a net negative for many sites as they add no positive value to the site operator and are just a drain on resources.  There are exceptions, of course, in the case of user-generated content participation where submitting content, making comments, etc may be a draw to revenue-generating visitors.  But on many sites, that user blocking ads and analytics is only hurting the site operator.  If it becomes more popular - say as the default setting in an ad blocker - I&#x27;d wager we&#x27;ll have some sites start to block those users at some point in the future.