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		lostgame on Feb 5, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Wacom tablets track every app you open We've had visit counters since the 90's, so what?

rhacker on Feb 5, 2020 [–]

Lol, comparing visit counters from the 90s to Google Analytics.

GA is used by countless websites. It's likely hooked into the adwords codebase so that they can track websites you visit even if that website does not have Adwords ads on it.

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