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630 points sendilkumarn | 5 comments | 24 Mar 22 16:46 UTC | HN request time: 0.694s | source
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jefftk ◴[24 Mar 22 17:12 UTC] No.30792694[source]▶
Everyone who's been saying "I wish they would just charge money for this", here's your chance to put your money where your mouth is!
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1. chefandy ◴[24 Mar 22 18:22 UTC] No.30793573[source]▶
The only 3rd party requests I see on their pages are Google analytics and a CDN'd js lib. Hell yes I'll throw them some cash if they'll keep their core product free for folks who don't use it often/can't afford it. I'd love to see them get rid of google analytics even, but compared to most it's pretty clean.

What pisses me off is when someone like a newspaper will start charging AND keep 4 TB of tracking garbage every single page load. Get lost.

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2. 0des ◴[24 Mar 22 18:23 UTC] No.30793586[source]▶
Get rid of GA.
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3. chefandy ◴[24 Mar 22 18:35 UTC] No.30793722[source]▶
Agreed. Considering how much they put into usability, they should be able to get enough data without third party tracking involved at all. That said, perfect is the enemy of good and I'll give them credit for being good— especially considering the norm.
4. shkkmo ◴[24 Mar 22 20:13 UTC] No.30794797[source]▶
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5. chefandy ◴[24 Mar 22 20:21 UTC] No.30794886[source]▶
Much appreciated.