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Re:Microsoft Edge’s new ‘Buy now, pay later’ feature is the ... by endisneigh on Saturday November 20, 2021 @01:46PM (#29290721)
didn't Google plan to block all third parties cookies this year but have to delay due to regulatory pressure?

https://www.theverge.com/2021/6/24/22547339/google-chrome-co...

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Re:Microsoft Edge’s new ‘Buy now, pay later’ feature is the ... by celestialcheese on Saturday November 20, 2021 @02:12PM (#29290920)
Yup. Pushed back till Q3 2023 now. https://privacysandbox.com/timeline/

IMO it's going to get pushed back even further. Their FLoC and other tracking-but-not tech is getting pushback, and they're not going to sacrifice revenue for privacy.

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Re:Microsoft Edge’s new ‘Buy now, pay later’ feature is the ... by asddubs on Saturday November 20, 2021 @02:43PM (#29291227)
they pushed it back to allow for more time to figure out new ways to do targeted advertisement, because everyone hated their FLoC system. this is once again, google acting in its own interest as an advertisement company.
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Re:Microsoft Edge’s new ‘Buy now, pay later’ feature is the ... by qweqwweqwe-90i on Saturday November 20, 2021 @05:54PM (#29292554)
"EU’s Margrethe Vestager Confirms That Google’s Planned Removal Of Third-Party Cookies Is An Antitrust Concern" https://www.adexchanger.com/privacy/eus-margrethe-vestager-c...

seems like google cant win

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Re:Microsoft Edge’s new ‘Buy now, pay later’ feature is the ... by 1_player on Sunday November 21, 2021 @03:28AM (#29294955)
Google can't win? Their idea of removing third party cookies was on the condition everybody would accept FLoC, so Google still makes money while everybody else doesn't. Yes, it's an antitrust concern.
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Re:Microsoft Edge’s new ‘Buy now, pay later’ feature is the ... by qweqwweqwe-90i on Sunday November 21, 2021 @04:33AM (#29295152)
You spread misinformation. Any ad company can use FLoC.

Let me be very explicit for you: privacy advocates say 3rd party cookies are bad b/c they allow tracking yet the eu blocks google from removing them b/c they think it might hurt their own ad tracking companies.

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