[mariushn]

The main issue is that competition is basically cut out due to the free pricing of GA.

Very few businesses/people would choose to pay for something when GA is free. Why do that? To tell your customers "we value your privacy"?

[leokennis]

Don’t you think that, in today’s climate, customer knowledge and involvement about online tracking, fingerprinting, filter bubbles etc. is at an all time high? And that makes this the best time ever to indeed be proud to tell your customers that “we value your privacy”.

It’s one of Apple’s strongest marketing pillars.