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		arp242 on June 24, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Lightweight Alternatives to Google Analytics You don't need anything, but it's a useful way to do it without any significant drawbacks. In many cases, it's more or less the only option.

cpuguy83 on June 24, 2020 [–]

It is a significant drawback! It is literally not the only option to the situation you described.

Spying is the only solution for spying, yes. Spying is the only solution to over-eager people wanting mostly useless metrics.

It's not much different than me checking my Twitter "likes" constantly.

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