I haven't searched the topic well to know if it makes a difference or not, but it _seems_ like the authors are trying to improve something for ethical reasons and parent author is saying it is just a distraction and to focus only on making more money. I strongly disagree and encourage simple analytics to keep up their ethics for as long as possible.

Maybe they are trying to reach more people through blogpost and HN post, but moving the servers to another country does not seem like just theatrics at all.