[geysersam]

> The reality is that I (and others who are complaining, as well as many who have resigned themselves to their fate) are happy to have a website "track me", certainly if the cost of non-tracking are having to click away an annoying popup, and think that people who compare a website wanting to know the number of their visitors to "hidden fees" are kind of being ridiculous.

I agree that wanting to know the number of visitors is benign and it is not abuse.

But saying companies should be allowed to track me (for whatever purpose) across the web without my consent is also pretty ridiculous.