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Re:Ad-tech setting 'Privacy-Preserving Attribution' is opt-o... by KingOfCoders on Saturday July 13, 2024 @03:31AM (#40952461)
It is an attempt by Firefox to earn money from the AdTech industry.

I use an adblocker, I have no need for "Privacy preserving ads".

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Re:Ad-tech setting 'Privacy-Preserving Attribution' is opt-o... by frabcus on Saturday July 13, 2024 @03:35AM (#40952477)
How will it help them earn money? Are Google threatening them with withdrawal of search revenue unless they add the feature? Something else?
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Re:Ad-tech setting 'Privacy-Preserving Attribution' is opt-o... by Yeri on Saturday July 13, 2024 @03:38AM (#40952491)
Firefox is in the ads business now: https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/mozilla-anonym-raising-t...
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Re:Ad-tech setting 'Privacy-Preserving Attribution' is opt-o... by frabcus on Saturday July 13, 2024 @08:04AM (#40953583)
Interesting thanks! Anonyms technology is presumably what the original article was about?

Any idea what a transaction will look like. Who will pay them for this and how? I guess ad networks would pay so they can still attribute and do retain their customers better? I wonder what the fee is per

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Re:Ad-tech setting 'Privacy-Preserving Attribution' is opt-o... by rwmj on Saturday July 13, 2024 @03:58AM (#40952559)
If only they'd saved the Google money into a trust rather than spaffing it on senior management.
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Re:Ad-tech setting 'Privacy-Preserving Attribution' is opt-o... by KingOfCoders on Saturday July 13, 2024 @04:21AM (#40952620)
>$6.000.000.000
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Re:Ad-tech setting 'Privacy-Preserving Attribution' is opt-o... by whamlastxmas on Saturday July 13, 2024 @06:59AM (#40953291)
Firefox is controlled opposition. Firefox will hire leadership that is most capable of maximizing revenue from Google, and Google sends their money to Firefox based on now nicely that CEO cooperates. Therefore it’s probably not a direct threat but a “do we understand each other?” situation
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