@dalias requirement? No. Helps to understand what people do or don't like? Yes. I already explained this https://flameeyes.blog/2022/03/01/giving-google-analytics-another-try/
Plus, this is also how I get a heads up if certain sites (and @marcan would know which) get a wind of my blog.
Just because *you* don't care, doesn't mean the rest of the world needs to look the other way.