u/Grand_Egg_3442

Do Europeans care about alternatives to Google Analytics and big tech tracking tools?

Do Europeans care about alternatives to Google Analytics and large tech platforms?

I’ve noticed more people lately talking about:

• privacy
• EU tech alternatives
• self-hosted services
• and reducing dependence on large US tech platforms.

But outside tech communities, do most people actually care about this stuff, or are most users fine with Google/Facebook/etc. services as long as they work?

Do Europeans miss older internet communities?

I’ve noticed a lot of people lately saying they miss older parts of the internet:

• forums
• smaller online communities
• recognizable usernames
• chronological feeds
• and slower/more personal interaction online.

Do you feel modern social media changed the way people interact online compared to 10-15 years ago?

I’ve been researching monetized shortlinks and faucet traffic recently, and something I keep noticing is how different the CPM rates can be.

Some networks advertise worldwide CPMs around $3–$4, but when the same traffic comes from faucet/PTC/crypto traffic sources, the payout may drop to around $0.5 CPM or even lower.

I’m curious how networks usually calculate that difference behind the scenes.

Is faucet traffic considered:

• lower quality for advertisers?
• higher fraud/bot risk?
• lower conversion traffic?
• affected more heavily by GEO/device quality?
• or something else entirely?

Would love to hear from people with experience in ad networks, monetized links, faucet traffic or traffic monetization systems.

Do you feel modern social media platforms lost some of what made older internet communities special?

Things like:

• meaningful verification
• less bots/spam
• stronger communities
• less aggressive monetization/paywalls

Curious what people here think modern social media is missing most today.