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Re:Brave disables Chromium FLoC features by draz on Saturday April 10, 2021 @05:53PM (#26765484)
Cohorts cannot be too small (or they are not published), nor too big (or they are not particularly useful for capturing a particular set of behaviors/interests). The algorithm will balance these two constraints which will lead to any individuals coming in and out of particular cohorts. The semantic meaning of a cohort will likely change over time as well. For that, FLoC is proposing adding version IDs
Re:Brave disables Chromium FLoC features by dataflow on Saturday April 10, 2021 @05:58PM (#26765533)
This is useful to know, but I'm confused how this addresses what I wrote in the above comment? It wasn't relying on cohort size being small or large.
Re:Brave disables Chromium FLoC features by draz on Sunday April 11, 2021 @02:50PM (#26772502)
“Why would the cohort membership change frequently? Isn't it based on your browsing habits?” -> cohorts need to be rebalanced over time, so your cohort membership could change.