Firefox does not block analytics by default

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There’s a myth going around that

Firefox blocks analytics providers in its

default configuration. For example, in a

recent HN discussion 5% of the comments were people asserting it did, and another 5% were people responding to them to assert that it doesn’t. To confirm, it doesn’t:

You can test this yourself:

• Open Firefox

• If you’ve added any extensions create a fresh profile, so you can test the default configuration

• Open Developer Tools

• Open the Networking panel

• Visit a site with analytics (ex: jefftk.com)

• Observe pings being sent (ex: google-analytics.com/​​j/​​collect?...)

Firefox does have an "Enhanced Tracking Protection" mode, but it’s not enabled by default. Additionally, Firefox users are likely disproportionately blocking ads, which also block analytics scripts.