And you can see that these sites get posted to HN, so at least someone is reading it. Personally though I prefer more pleasant sites.
I block Google Analytics (and many other things), and was surprised that none of my colleagues do the same.
So you are OK with making Google track your users but you don't want to be tracked yourself?
I'd like to use something we host, then we probably wouldn't need to have the EU cookie warning.
But it's all hypothetical, since my ublock takes care of it. Of course, that also means that I am no longer much exerting any selection pressure on the market in that regard.