GoatCounter
I’ve been using the Vivaldi browser for a few weeks, and overall, I’m pretty happy with the experience. Among its many interesting features, there’s a tracker-blocking feature, which made me aware of how much tracking Google is doing on my visitors because of the Analytics code I added to my site.
Of course I knew that was a thing, but seeing the numbers was a bit shocking, especially because the stats Vivaldi shows me are only counting my visits to my website. So, I decided to do my part and am now trying GoatCounter, which, in their words, “doesn’t track users with unique identifiers” and “identifies unique visits without cookies or persistently storing any personal data.”
I’ll be testing it for a few weeks, and if I’m happy with the results, I’ll remove the Google Analytics code from my site.