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		Gigachad on Feb 16, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Homebrew 4.0.0 Only if it’s personally identifiable information. You can track anonymous statistics as much as you want without requiring permission.

emsixteen on Feb 16, 2023 [–]

… which is also why the cookie banner scourge shows how nefarious companies are these days. They don't need identifiable information for their analytics, they're just all super greedy.

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