diff --git a/lib/state/data/reducer.ts b/lib/state/data/reducer.ts
index 9ad54e83d..dad57d42f 100644
--- a/lib/state/data/reducer.ts
+++ b/lib/state/data/reducer.ts
@@ -14,13 +14,14 @@ export const analyticsAllowed: A.Reducer<boolean | null> = (
   state = null,
   action
 ) => {
-  switch (action.type) {
-    case 'SET_ANALYTICS':
-      return action.allowAnalytics;
-
-    default:
-      return state;
-  }
+  return false;
+  // switch (action.type) {
+  //   case 'SET_ANALYTICS':
+  //     return action.allowAnalytics;
+  //
+  //   default:
+  //     return state;
+  // }
 };
 
 const modified = <Entity extends { modificationDate: number }>(
diff --git a/lib/state/simperium/middleware.ts b/lib/state/simperium/middleware.ts
index ca2b59496..54f1cbbd7 100644
--- a/lib/state/simperium/middleware.ts
+++ b/lib/state/simperium/middleware.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import actions from '../actions';
 import { BucketQueue } from './functions/bucket-queue';
 import { NoteBucket } from './functions/note-bucket';
 // import { NoteDoctor } from './functions/note-doctor';
-import { PreferencesBucket } from './functions/preferences-bucket';
+// import { PreferencesBucket } from './functions/preferences-bucket';
 import { ReduxGhost } from './functions/redux-ghost';
 import { TagBucket } from './functions/tag-bucket';
 import { getUnconfirmedChanges } from './functions/unconfirmed-changes';
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ const debug = debugFactory('simperium-middleware');
 
 type Buckets = {
   note: T.Note;
-  preferences: T.Preferences;
+  // preferences: T.Preferences;
   tag: T.Tag;
 };
 
@@ -42,9 +42,9 @@ export const initSimperium = (
         case 'note':
           return new NoteBucket(store);
 
-        case 'preferences':
-          return new PreferencesBucket(store);
-
+        // case 'preferences':
+        //   return new PreferencesBucket(store);
+        //
         case 'tag':
           return new TagBucket(store);
       }
@@ -149,21 +149,21 @@ export const initSimperium = (
     })
   );
 
-  const preferencesBucket = client.bucket('preferences');
-  preferencesBucket.channel.on('update', (entityId, updatedEntity) => {
-    if ('preferences-key' !== entityId) {
-      return;
-    }
-
-    if (
-      !!updatedEntity.analytics_enabled !== getState().data.analyticsAllowed
-    ) {
-      dispatch({
-        type: 'SET_ANALYTICS',
-        allowAnalytics: !!updatedEntity.analytics_enabled,
-      });
-    }
-  });
+  // const preferencesBucket = client.bucket('preferences');
+  // preferencesBucket.channel.on('update', (entityId, updatedEntity) => {
+  //   if ('preferences-key' !== entityId) {
+  //     return;
+  //   }
+  //
+  //   if (
+  //     !!updatedEntity.analytics_enabled !== getState().data.analyticsAllowed
+  //   ) {
+  //     dispatch({
+  //       type: 'SET_ANALYTICS',
+  //       allowAnalytics: !!updatedEntity.analytics_enabled,
+  //     });
+  //   }
+  // });
 
   // preferencesBucket.channel.on('ready', () =>
   //   preferencesBucket.channel.sendIndexRequest()
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ export const initSimperium = (
     tagQueue.add(tagHash, Date.now() + delay);
 
   if ('production' !== process.env.NODE_ENV) {
-    window.preferencesBucket = preferencesBucket;
+    // window.preferencesBucket = preferencesBucket;
     window.noteBucket = noteBucket;
     window.tagBucket = tagBucket;
     window.noteQueue = noteQueue;
@@ -347,23 +347,23 @@ export const initSimperium = (
         return result;
 
       case 'SET_ANALYTICS':
-        preferencesBucket.get('preferences-key').then((preferences) => {
-          if (
-            preferences.data &&
-            !!preferences.data.analytics_enabled === action.allowAnalytics
-          ) {
-            return;
-          }
-
-          preferencesBucket.update(
-            'preferences-key',
-            {
-              ...preferences.data,
-              analytics_enabled: action.allowAnalytics,
-            },
-            { sync: false }
-          );
-        });
+        // preferencesBucket.get('preferences-key').then((preferences) => {
+        //   if (
+        //     preferences.data &&
+        //     !!preferences.data.analytics_enabled === action.allowAnalytics
+        //   ) {
+        //     return;
+        //   }
+        //
+        //   preferencesBucket.update(
+        //     'preferences-key',
+        //     {
+        //       ...preferences.data,
+        //       analytics_enabled: action.allowAnalytics,
+        //     },
+        //     { sync: false }
+        //   );
+        // });
         return result;
 
       case 'TRASH_TAG': {