Then don't use google analytics.

One option is to use access logs on the server and process stats

It’s very easy. 512kb can fit a whole novel in epub format. And HTML is a very verbose language.

Just sticking with html, it's easy peasy

Back in the early internet, nobody had enough bandwidth to transmit 512 kB in a reasonable time, so clearly it has to be possible.

Well yes, we had low resolution images, no consideration for different viewports, no non-default fonts and little interactivity beyond links or other queries to the server.

Responsivity is a few hundred bytes of CSS. Modern formats for fonts (woff2) and images (webp) allow you to squeeze them in a couple hundred kilobytes, which still leaves plenty of room for scripts.

> no non-default fonts

That's a win!!!

> For e.g., if someone uses Google Analytics, that alone comes to 430kb (which most people do)

Perhaps someone might not use Google Analytics. Perhaps someone might apply 430kb to actual content instead.

> Not sure how a site can fit in that club?

That's the challenge

true

There are plenty of anaytics options at <1% that size.

https://github.com/Destiner/astro-analytics

I've never used it. Some browsers even honor that stupid beacon header now too