It's a bad idea to use Google Analytics on your website and it is even illegal. In this post I'll explain why and what you can use instead.

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Using Google Analytics on your website is a bad idea and it may even be illegal. This post explains the reasons why and suggests alternatives like Matomo, Plausible, and Posthog.

Don't use Google Analytics

<p>At the end of the article, the author mentions a couple of tools that can be used instead of Google Analytics. Another solution that can be used instead of GA is <a href="https://umami.is/" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">umami</a>, which is used by Hashnode, for example.</p>
