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Re:A privacy war is raging inside the W3C by pitdicker on Wednesday July 14, 2021 @03:23AM (#27830551)
> do you really think Google could get rid of third party cookies tomorrow and not get sued out existence?

Not disagreeing, but ad companies attempting to sue Google out of existence would be worth watching.

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Re:A privacy war is raging inside the W3C by IX-103 on Thursday July 15, 2021 @08:17AM (#27843860)
The trick is the ad companies can use anti-trust to get the governments of the world to foot the bill. See the recent issue with the CMA in the UK: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/cma-to-have-key-oversight...
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