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by AsusFan 2378 days ago
> For the record, Firefox has built-in anti tracker which is enabled by default and they do that on all platforms

Firefox's anti-tracking protection doesn't block google analytics by default. They only block "third party" cookies - which in practice translates as: Google's competition.

The fox knows better than to bite the hand that feeds it.
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panpanna 2378 days ago
Do you have a source for that?

Firefox docs and disconnect don't say anything about this

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enhanced-tracking-prote...

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exhilaration 2378 days ago
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Firefox/Pri...

The above specifically shows you to make sure your site continues to function when Google Analytics is blocked by Firefox. I can't find any evidence that Firefox doesn't block Google Analytics.

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donclark 2378 days ago
I highly recommend: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/umatrix/
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SmellyGeekBoy 2378 days ago
I'm not sure where you got this idea but it's completely untrue.
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otabdeveloper4 2378 days ago
He's 100% correct. Google Analytics is a "first-party" cookie and thus not blocked by any privacy helpers.

"Cookie blocking" and GDPR is just Google abusing its monopoly position, nothing more.

Source: I work in adtech.

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jeromegv 2378 days ago
Mainly 1st party but some features might use 3rd party.

-- For customers that are using Google Analytics' Display Advertiser features, such as remarketing, a third-party DoubleClick cookie is used in addition to the other cookies described in this document for just these features. For more information about this cookie, visit the Google Advertising Privacy FAQ.

Source: https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection...

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