You are tilting at windmills here. You can say "not the users problem" endlessly but unless you're about to quit your job and never work at a commercial business that uses digital advertising again, it's just random noise that goes nowhere near attempting to solve the problem.

Advertising, and the greater concept of marketing, is what powers the growth of practically every business on the planet. Two of the most valuable companies are advertising companies because this matters so much. These companies do care about risks but the real problem is lack of regulation which is completely unrelated to browser cookies, so in the lack of such rules we can look at technical alignment that can solve at least some of the problems in the meantime.

> I don't expect you to understand this if your salary currently depends on not understanding the harm created by the ad industry.

FYI, less tracking means more money for ad networks. It means you can never optimize results and will have to run more generic campaigns, which waste more money and are a worse experience for both advertisers and users. So while that statement sounds good, the reality is that people in this industry are the best to consult with on ways to improve it because they work in it every day.

> Until then, I suggest at least talking to the average person about what they think about having their activities tracked.

I've been in adtech over a decade and I'm the only person with a business/technical background who has spent time, effort and money to push ad regulation in the US. I've talked to countless people from ad networks to adblockers to senators to grandparents. I'm familiar with all the arguments and what I presented is a way to make forward progress.

> There is no "rational discussion" here. If you are tracking people, you are the enemy.

Lol, ok great.