I'm a really big fan of using Loom for capturing videos on my laptop and iOS devices. It's a great way to quickly generate a demo video, tutorial, or help a customer/co-worker with an issue.
In the past, I was not a big fan of the fact they used Google Analytics in their embedded player.
![Twitter post where I ask Loom to consider removing Google Analytics from their embedded video player.](https://justinnoel.dev/content/images/2020/12/Cloudflare-Stream-Twitter-Post.png)
Fortunately, it seems Loom has moved to using Segment for their analytics. Still, that's more tracking of my site visitors than I'd like.
I go to great lengths to protect my own privacy and want to do the same for my users. I use Simple Analytics to get an idea of how much traffic my site receives. Simple Analytics is GDPR, CCPA, and PECR compliant - whcih means I dont have to show cookie banners on my site 💯!
Because of this, I've decided to move all of my video embeds to Cloudflare's Streaming service. In this video, I'll show the process to upload a video into Cloudflare's streaming service in your dashboard. Then, I'll show a comparison of my site's performance, Lighthouse reports, loading size, and privacy implications using both Cloudflare and Loom.