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Re:uBlock Origin supports filtering CNAME cloaking sites on ... by chrisfosterelli on Monday October 07, 2024 @07:22PM (#41772175)
You're probably right, but FWIW it's not unheard of for google to announce, continually delay, and eventually completely backtrack on things like this, like third party cookie deprecation.
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Re:uBlock Origin supports filtering CNAME cloaking sites on ... by zarzavat on Monday October 07, 2024 @07:38PM (#41772289)
This time it affects their bottom line in a profound way so wishful thinking is probably not going to work unfortunately.
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Re:uBlock Origin supports filtering CNAME cloaking sites on ... by Terretta on Monday October 07, 2024 @07:49PM (#41772346)
> affects their bottom line in a profound way

Something around 8% of total digital ad spend.

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Re:uBlock Origin supports filtering CNAME cloaking sites on ... by sebastialonso on Monday October 07, 2024 @08:00PM (#41772432)
To be fair, that's tremendous
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Re:uBlock Origin supports filtering CNAME cloaking sites on ... by timbowhite on Monday October 07, 2024 @10:22PM (#41773240)
Source?
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Re:uBlock Origin supports filtering CNAME cloaking sites on ... by sunaookami on Wednesday October 09, 2024 @05:42AM (#41786055)
>third party cookie deprecation

It's because they were literally sued and are not allowed to remove it, not because they don't want to.

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