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by cpill 968 days ago
emails revived or messages on social media are just another analytic and filling that same need as knowing pages hits. and somehow these people are vega analytics junkies instead of mainlining page hits. your unconvincing in the argument for "analytics are not needed"
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they are not collected without user consent or knowledge though.

you chose to send an email or to buy a product or a subscription, which is different from being tracked.

it's still a metric, but has an higher value.

it's people genuinely interested in what you offer.