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Bernat addresses ad-blocker circumvention and privacy tradeoffs

1 Sep 21 2:10 AM · 3d ago · 2 posts · 1 comment · 2 sources · development 1 of 2

In a Lobsters comment, the author acknowledged that exposing the analytics endpoint on his domain to evade ad blockers may not respect reader choice, but argued GoatCounter's privacy-friendly approach justifies it.

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“I expose the endpoint for the proxy on the domain of this website to evade ad blockers. This sounds like I don't respect the reader's choice, but as GoatCounter is privacy-friendly, I find it acceptable.”

Vincent Bernat

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