> The only way to do analytics in a way that's respectful to the visitors' privacy is with an installable on-host software. That's it.
How is that more respectful? I can fingerprint you pretty much the same with server logs (IP, user-agent, ...), don't I? I can even use cookies without any JS.
I had the same reaction (European too). If it's in Canada the supply voltage is 120V, so roughly half what we have in Europe, apples-to-apples it's comparable to 200A in Europe.
Still, it's a very high amount of power (48kW) that would not even be subscriptable in France for a consumer (the max is 36kW).
How is that more respectful? I can fingerprint you pretty much the same with server logs (IP, user-agent, ...), don't I? I can even use cookies without any JS.