Page counters are ok in centralized services. However, in Steem there is no way to know the real count as people can consume the content from different places. Even if Steemit added it again, counting that it is the most used Steem client, the sum would be inaccurate as it would not count view from other clients.
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Good point, but having the page-views from each individual interface would already be pretty handy. Google search results usually show content from Steemit.com anyway.