Darorad@lemmy.world to linuxmemes@lemmy.world · 11 months agoThis truly is the year of the linux desktoplemmy.worldimagemessage-square92fedilinkarrow-up1928arrow-down110
arrow-up1918arrow-down1imageThis truly is the year of the linux desktoplemmy.worldDarorad@lemmy.world to linuxmemes@lemmy.world · 11 months agomessage-square92fedilink
minus-squareKISSmyOS@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up108arrow-down3·11 months agoOnly a very tiny number of Linux users spoof their browser’s user agent, which these statistics are based on.
minus-squareSupermariofan67@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up69·11 months agoThe issue is whether the data is collected by a known third party tracker domain which would be blocked by an adblocker
minus-squaredan@upvote.aulinkfedilinkarrow-up19arrow-down1·edit-211 months agoLarge sites usually have their own first-party analytics. Often they don’t want third parties to be in possession of detailed analytics data.
minus-squaresubtext@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up20·11 months agoPornhub mentions that they use Google Analytics about halfway down the page in the section “Proportion of Female Visitors” https://www.pornhub.com/insights/2023-year-in-review
minus-squaredan@upvote.aulinkfedilinkarrow-up6·edit-211 months agoThat’s interesting… It means their demographic data is coming from users’ Google accounts. They likely have a contract with Google to control how their data can be used.
Only a very tiny number of Linux users spoof their browser’s user agent, which these statistics are based on.
The issue is whether the data is collected by a known third party tracker domain which would be blocked by an adblocker
Large sites usually have their own first-party analytics. Often they don’t want third parties to be in possession of detailed analytics data.
Pornhub mentions that they use Google Analytics about halfway down the page in the section “Proportion of Female Visitors”
https://www.pornhub.com/insights/2023-year-in-review
That’s interesting… It means their demographic data is coming from users’ Google accounts.
They likely have a contract with Google to control how their data can be used.