Yes, I track how popular what content is on my site. Motivates me to write more. Please feel free to block trackers; I do that as well.
I don't care if people run Analytics, its just when they go sharing all that data with a third party that it gets troubling.
You can talk about it all you want, but as long as you continue to participate in the very thing you rail against, you're going to struggle to be taken seriously.
A) know how the sausage is made, and
B) stand to actually lose something if people believe them, i.e. they are standing by their point in spite of the negative consequences to themselves.
People on the dole who argue against (details / implementation of) social security should be taken seriously. Rich people arguing against tax breaks for the wealthy. Programmers against big tech firms. Etc.
Hmm.