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Re:Google extends third party cookie deadline until late 2023 by dna_polymerase on Thursday June 24, 2021 @11:36AM (#27619142)
You could argue that there are more jobs on the line if they remove support than leaving it as is. AdTech is huge. Now go and tell any government entity about coming down "hard on this behavior".
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Re:Google extends third party cookie deadline until late 2023 by burnished on Thursday June 24, 2021 @11:45AM (#27619264)
The role of government isn't to support whichever industry is currently employing a lot of people and ignore everything else. I know it sounds a little insane, but I think the rule of law and our moral center is more on the ticket.
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Re:Google extends third party cookie deadline until late 2023 by echelon on Thursday June 24, 2021 @11:48AM (#27619314)
Ignore the "adtech is a big business" issue.

Should a company with the world's largest advertising and tracking business be in charge of 65% of the web?

Should they be able to unilaterally set standards?

Should they be allowed to delay rollout of consumer protections to defend their ad unit?

This alone poses an enormous problem.

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Re:Google extends third party cookie deadline until late 2023 by friendzis on Thursday June 24, 2021 @11:40AM (#27619186)
Cocaine is not a small business either, but we do crack down on it. How sure are you that adtech is a net positive for society?
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