it sounds like they replaced it with something worse
Comment on Google cancels plans to kill off cookies for advertisers
magnetosphere@fedia.io 3 months ago
So… was Google just fucking with advertisers, basically saying “you’re so dependent on us, we can choose to make you freak out about a technology change that never happens?” That would be pretty diabolical, which means I wouldn’t put it past them.
umbrella@lemmy.ml 3 months ago
ryathal@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
The goal was to come up with an alternative that gave Google a significant advantage in advertising while appearing to protect privacy. That project has apparently failed, so it’s now more like business as usual.