Instead of sending data to a third-party by default, users can run privacy friendly local log analysis systems like GoatCounter.

After this commit, Radicle Explorer will not randomly connect to unexpected hosts anymore.

For context, I was somewhat surprised by uBlock showing blocked trackers after launching a copy of Radicle Explorer on https://src.tazj.in

I’ve patched this out on my local node and verified that it works fine (in fact, if you visit its web UI, you will see that things still work).

I think for a project in the sphere of Radicle it makes sense to not rely on (and include by default) privacy-invasive tracker systems in its projects, and rather nudge people in the direction of things like the NLNet-funded GoatCunter, which can work fully on the hoster’s machine and even just do analysis based on logs, without any Javascript tracking.

Rebase.

Reword commit message (capitalize first letter).