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1. pierre+V9[view] [source] 2018-09-19 15:30:51
>>Adriaa+(OP)
Looks good! I'm the founder of a similar service (Blockmetry). Obviously non-tracking web analytics is the future!

I'm curious why you chose to host the data yourself instead of giving customers the data immediately at the point of collection. That's the path we chose for Blockmetry as it genuinely required to be a non-tracking web analytics service and makes it impossible to profile users. Any service that hosts its data would still be open to being untrusted on the "no tracking no profiling" argument.

Thanks, Pierre

PS - YC Startup School founders: ping me via the forums and get an extended-period free trial.

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2. harian+hok[view] [source] 2018-09-29 20:37:24
>>pierre+V9
> I'm curious why you chose to host the data yourself instead of giving customers the data immediately at the point of collection.

I want to build a brand around trust. If people self-host and say they use my software, but are doing different things behind the scenes, it would hurt my brand.

Simple Analytics does host the data themselves, so people know the numbers are not tampered with and the data is handled the same for every customer. If people use our scripts directly, vistors of those websites can be sure that we respect their privacy with our values.

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