On 2021, മാർച്ച് 12 9:30:00 PM IST, Ravi Dwivedi ravi@anche.no wrote:
You are mixing up issues here. I don't think cookies are non-free.
I don't know much but if we go at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Analytics and then in technology section, it says that Google Analytics is a Javascript code, which means it is a software running in your browser.
I presumed GA Javascript to be nonfree.
What am I missing?
Currently you need to use plugins to avoid non-free js for regular web browsing too, so this is not something specific to this service.
How is cookies not non-free?
Cookies are just data stored on your browser and send back to the server when you visit that site again. It does not involve running any code.
Cookies is not a Free Software problem. Free Software services can also set cookies. It is an issue of tracking and the defense we have is self host without GA.
Also another option is Next Cloud forms which I mentioned already and disroot.org offers it.
https://apps.nextcloud.com/apps/forms