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    9 months ago

    The Federated Learning of Cohorts and now the Topics API are part of a plan to pitch an “alternative” tracking platform, and Google argues that there has to be a tracking alternative—you can’t just not be spied on.

    lmao what the fuck kind of dystopia are we living in

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      9 months ago

      It’d make the world a better place, but a big company would make slightly less money, therefore it’s unthinkable to even attempt it.

      See also: vehicle emissions standards

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        9 months ago

        In the case of Google, the effect on advertising bringing in “slightly less money” is an understatement :)

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      9 months ago

      So this means that the internet could have always worked fine without invasive cookies and everything they told us about it being impossible was just a lie.