I have several money-sites & even PBN sites with Google Analytic installed. It is not a problem until you take care of what needs to be done. It is simply impossible to fool around with Google, but you can try your level best.

IF you have Google adsense or Google Tags installed in your site then there is no difference in not using Google Analytics. So either try to be on the extreme opposite & avoid all google products or play it smart & safe

Google analytics will not harm your ranking if you do everything right.

Versa, it will help you to improve your website ranking if you apply it's tips.

Use Clicky or Piwik for PBN sites and their targets. Problem solved.

If you are too paranoid to use GA, use Clicky or Statcounter. Google Analytics is an excellent tool, but it is owned by Google, and Google doesn't always respect your privacy and would do anything to improve the quality of their results.

That doesn't mean I can't use GA. I could use it if I wanted to, but each site would have a separate GA account.