Originally Posted by
BradC
It's not "on your computer". People embed Google Analytics tracking into their web pages for various reasons.
I use a combination of uBlock Origin, Adblock Plus and Firefox built in "Enhanced tracking protection" to avoid most of it.
The "web" is a cesspool of privacy stripping technologies designed to monetize your data. It's also an arms race. One side is racing to defeat the tracking systems while the other is racing to develop different technology to track around the protection. The result is a slower, more bloated web experience.
Fortunately for those that profit from your data, the majority of "consumer" tend to be the "I don't care, just give me the cat video" types. Personally I blame AOL for lowering the bar, but if it wasn't them it would have been someone else.
Yep. Personally I choose Brave to do the avoiding, but I'm toying with Firefox Focus on iOS.
Google is taking steps with Manifest V3. Pretty sure Firefox and Brave will get around that. Chrome and Edge sure won't. Safari will do things the way so it's anyone's guess.
Google is the wooly mammoth in the room and thus are almost impossible to avoid, sadly.
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