Not a big fan of client apps running servers or relays. The more we run, the more centralizing the experience is.
I already run the post view count server and hate it so much...
Discussion
Personally the view counter is meh. Not sure if that's a cintrarian opinion. I'd say nix it especially if it bugs you.
Not sure if it's as easy as just removing.
But as a user my exp wouldn't suffer without the view count thing