[–] hilbert42 2y ago ↗ Are you telling me that there are actually people out there in userland who still don't block third-party cookies.What a surprise.
[–] sgbeal 2y ago ↗ > U.K. policymakers asked the tech giant in February to pause its planned phase-out of cookies over antitrust concerns.i'm trying to understand how eliminating such cookies could lead to antitrust concerns. Any enlightenment on that point would be appreciated. [–] nullindividual 2y ago ↗ If I recall, the primary issue was that Google was going to 'own' the replacement implementation. That doesn't mean other's would be locked out of it, but it would be yet another deathgrip of the web by Google. [–] sgbeal 2y ago ↗ That makes sense. Thank you. [–] MattGaiser 2y ago ↗ How would you create a competing ad network of the same scope? [–] thfuran 2y ago ↗ How about we ban advertising so that getting rid of the cookies doesn't have that problem?
[–] nullindividual 2y ago ↗ If I recall, the primary issue was that Google was going to 'own' the replacement implementation. That doesn't mean other's would be locked out of it, but it would be yet another deathgrip of the web by Google. [–] sgbeal 2y ago ↗ That makes sense. Thank you.
[–] MattGaiser 2y ago ↗ How would you create a competing ad network of the same scope? [–] thfuran 2y ago ↗ How about we ban advertising so that getting rid of the cookies doesn't have that problem?
[–] thfuran 2y ago ↗ How about we ban advertising so that getting rid of the cookies doesn't have that problem?
[–] gnabgib 2y ago ↗ Discussion (54 points, 4 hours ago, 10 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41039606
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[ 2.8 ms ] story [ 26.8 ms ] threadWhat a surprise.
i'm trying to understand how eliminating such cookies could lead to antitrust concerns. Any enlightenment on that point would be appreciated.