This argument can be extended to anything, which suggests it might not add any value to the discussion.
- You make Microsoft Excel. Someone uses Excel to leak a million people’s PII.
- You build shovels. Someone murdered someone with your shovel.
- You build an analytics product, explicitly ban collecting PII in your EULA, someone does it anyway.
It’s fun to be outraged and hating on GA is very in vogue at the moment, but this specific incident is just someone (yes, someone, not a nefarious company) using a popular tool incorrectly.
- You make Microsoft Excel. Someone uses Excel to leak a million people’s PII.
- You build shovels. Someone murdered someone with your shovel.
- You build an analytics product, explicitly ban collecting PII in your EULA, someone does it anyway.
It’s fun to be outraged and hating on GA is very in vogue at the moment, but this specific incident is just someone (yes, someone, not a nefarious company) using a popular tool incorrectly.