Have you actually tried to read and understand GDPR before getting to this level self-righteousness?
A blog writer wants an easy way of tracking popularity of their posts. Clearly I need a protection from this.
The internet is worse off after GDPR.
A blog writer wants an easy way of tracking popularity of their posts. Clearly I need a protection from this.
The internet is worse off after GDPR.
If you really want to be on the safe side and respect your users' privacy, the best choice is self-hosting a free analytics tool like Matomo (formerly Piwik). Of course you still need to make sure your hosting company respects your users' privacy too.
It's literally not the GDPR's fault if you're having problems protecting your users' privacy. It's the network effect of entire ecosystems of companies never having had any concern for privacy over decades. Don't complain to the EU, complain to companies not implementing privacy by default and only trying to shoe-horn it in as an afterthought.
You seem to misunderstand that you're entering into a partnership with a third party. They become a data processor on your behalf. They process a whole lot more, and you have access to a lot of that data. Fortunately, the social media platform includes the privacy policy and consent process in their onboarding of users, so you don't need to worry about it for the purposes of social login.
Eve you abandon all these social media platforms and use emails for login, email addresses are still personal data, and you are still processing it.