I can't tell from the article. Does anyone know if Google Analytics is blocked by default? It says the default is Balanced mode and that the trackers blocked are mostly from Google. But it doesn't make it clear if Google Analytics is blocked by default.
Google Analytics uses first party cookies so it usually passes by default blockers at least. If they are blocking that by default this is a massive blow. Otherwise it's blocking things that are probably already blocked in other popular platforms such as Safari on OSX and IOS, and this is much less impressive.
"Of that total, 552 were from Google domains. That's a mind-boggling 23.8% of the total. To put that into perspective, the second entry on the list of blocked trackers was Facebook, which represented 3.8% of the total. (It's worth noting that these results shouldn't suggest any kind of conspiracy against Google. The fact that Google is at the top of any list of online trackers is a reflection of their business model and their ubiquity. Google Analytics and Google AdSense are embedded on a staggering number of web pages.)"
It sounds like Google Analytics is blocked by default at least in the "Balanced" mode
It says most trackers blocked are from Google but don't mention which ones. Then at the end says Google analytics and AdSense are embedded in a lot of websites which is obvious but doesn't make it clear if they are blocked by default or not.
The blocked scripts might all be the double click 3rd party trackers which are also omnious.
Google Analytics uses first party cookies so it usually passes by default blockers at least. If they are blocking that by default this is a massive blow. Otherwise it's blocking things that are probably already blocked in other popular platforms such as Safari on OSX and IOS, and this is much less impressive.