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This is the exact opposite of "keeping users at its domain". That was the situation _before_ they implemented this standard. Now users will get sent to the publisher's domain instead (via a prefetched page load).



But it's served from Google, so they still control all the analytics


No they don't. The page contents are controlled by the publisher and cryptographically signed so Google can't alter it. Another improvement over the previous situation.


Since it’s not fetched from the publisher they will have to use Google analytics or have nothing.

Guess what they’re going to choose.


Google Analytics isn't the only analytics solution out there. Publishers can use literally _any_ method of gathering analytics that's not server logs.




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