For clarity: This relates explicitly to UA not GA4. That doesn’t however mean that the current version is deemed GDPR compliant; that is likely something that a future investigation will decide.

Google claims that GA4 should be compliant, but at the same time they have also for years until a few days ago been providing a version of GA that wasn’t.

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    I use a self-hosted instance of Plausible Analytics. It’s privacy-respecting and the analytics data is only available the site operators, not shared to any big corp to optimize the monetization effort. And as a bonus, it’s not blocked by any ad blocker so the data is more accurate.

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      I found this article of theirs to be shamelessly plugging: https://plausible.io/blog/google-analytics-illegal

      And even though they might be good, knowing the internet today, I find myself incapable of trusting them… anything that starts off in ad-format makes me icky and unsure. It could be the best tool in the world, but I hate pitches.

      PS: Yes, I know I am linking to their pitch, but I’m not the kind to hide links. Better have them all out to discuss than tucked away.

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        The key point is you can self-host it and the source is open. If PA getting shitty in the future, you can just keep your instance in the last known good version, or even use a forked version if someone decided to fork.

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        In fairness, as a service, they were basically just handed a golden ticket.

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          True, and they are making lemonade for sure.

          But again, my issue is with sleezy advertisement for a ‘profitable open source’ product.