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The way it's implemented has several "benefits":

- It externalizes resource usage - the waste happens on users' machines. Who cares that it adds up to meaningful electricity consumption anyway?

- It makes it easier for marketing people and developers to independently work on the site. Developers can optimize, marketers can waste all that effort by including yet another third-party JS.

- It supports ad auctions and other services in the whole adtech economy.

- You don't have to do much analytics yourself, as the third party provides cute graphs ideal for presenting to management.



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