So I was curious about their technique and read their offer. This is hilarious. I expected the usual myopia where they only focus on a handful of popular ad blockers. However...
> TrackerTap proxies your website's Google Analytics requests
... I didn't expect a poorly disguised scam to steal traffic logs.
> our unique IP is is always changing making it impossible for ad-blockers to pinpoint and block our service
I find it hard to believe they don't know that URLs can be blocked by regex.
> Typically we've seen success in re-capturing about 15% of a website's daily traffic
Yet they are still blissfully ignorant of any traffic that doesn't load the Javascript.
> The only data we collect is whether or not your users are using an ad-blocker.
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[ 3.0 ms ] story [ 16.9 ms ] threadThere's a huge opportunity in the market (thats old timey talk for "ripe for disruption", kids) for ad networks that are non abusive, non invasive.
But no. Fuck that. Let's just find ways to keep people using the same bullshit and do whatever we can to break user trust and user privacy.
Fuck you very much.
> TrackerTap proxies your website's Google Analytics requests
... I didn't expect a poorly disguised scam to steal traffic logs.
> our unique IP is is always changing making it impossible for ad-blockers to pinpoint and block our service
I find it hard to believe they don't know that URLs can be blocked by regex.
> Typically we've seen success in re-capturing about 15% of a website's daily traffic
Yet they are still blissfully ignorant of any traffic that doesn't load the Javascript.
> The only data we collect is whether or not your users are using an ad-blocker.
Plus all the requests they are proxying.
Of course, their FAQ saves the best for last: