Comment by pierrefar
7 years ago
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
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> 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.
Similar service????
Simple Analytics is a real service. Blockmetry is a 90's-looking page with a "contact sales" button and not even a demo (nevermind a real product).
I like to give people the benefit of the doubt. If criticism is necessary, then might as well make it constructive.
Sure, the blockmetry site has some issues. The menu is unusable on my mobile (android) and there are no screenshots or explanation of how it actually works (server/client side, self/cloud hosted?). There are some style choices that I don't agree with, like the binary background pattern.
But I like to assume good faith unless I have some solid evidence otherwise. Do you know for a fact that there is no product? If so, please share :)
It is, however, poor form to plug your competing product in a Show HN. It's a fine line between mentioning and plugging, but I think offering a discount falls on to the wrong side of the line.
All these things can be pointed out politely.