Yes but it’s not necessarily Google analytics.

There's plenty of alternatives to Google Analytics, including open-source software you can self-host so it doesn't share your users' private data with a third party. You don't need to roll your own just to avoid GA.

For example?

https://posthog.com/ is one i've been playing around with lately.

You can find here a huge list:

https://github.com/onurakpolat/awesome-analytics

https://github.com/awesome-selfhosted/awesome-selfhosted/blo...

I use https://www.goatcounter.com and recommend it.

Matomo

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