The only reason Chrome has been slowing down the deprecation of 3rd party cookies is because it would make it harder to do privacy invading tracking, and thus, would make Google less money.
No browser benefits from tracking. Only ad companies do.
Indeed, it’s a huge conflict of interest for an ad company to operate the most popular browser. Google being the gatekeeper for the internet is a really terrible situation for the web as a whole.
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When’s Microsoft
Lina Khan has a snowball’s chance in the FTC under Trump.
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Chrome and Android should be spun off into independent companies.
Indeed, and frankly Chrome should be operated as a non profit because browsers have become an essential service.
Absolutely.
The only reason Chrome has been slowing down the deprecation of 3rd party cookies is because it would make it harder to do privacy invading tracking, and thus, would make Google less money.
No browser benefits from tracking. Only ad companies do.
Indeed, it’s a huge conflict of interest for an ad company to operate the most popular browser. Google being the gatekeeper for the internet is a really terrible situation for the web as a whole.