Julian Oliver on Nostr: Another PSA that Google uses its fonts to track traffic to other people's websites. ...
Another PSA that Google uses its fonts to track traffic to other people's websites. Google has no business knowing who visits other people's websites. If you want to use Google hosted 'free' fonts in your site, let your visitors know, or learn to host them locally on your server.
For instance:
https://webdesign.tutsplus.com/how-to-self-host-google-fonts--cms-34775tTo use Big Tech is to feed it. There are other ways.
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