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Re:Brave disables Chromium FLoC features by kelnos on Saturday April 10, 2021 @08:53PM (#26766677)
There's a third option: we make it hard enough to fingerprint users that doing so is too costly when compared to what the ad networks gain from doing it.
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Re:Brave disables Chromium FLoC features by iainmerrick on Sunday April 11, 2021 @04:11AM (#26768501)
Costly to whom?

Fingerprinting already slows down websites, and websites still use it extensively. The cost is paid by the users and nobody cares enough to fix it.

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