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> Agreed, this can't be worse than what it's replacing. Why can't it?

• Ajedi32 4mo ago
  Because as GP alluded to, the thing it's replacing (cookies) already does exactly the same thing but isn't anonymized.
  • troupo 4mo ago
    > the thing it's replacing (cookies) already does exactly the same thing but isn't anonymized. No idea what it's replacing. Cookies is a red herring. Tracking involves more than just cookies.
  • devmor 4mo ago
    It’s not replacing cookies, though. It’s adding an additional feature that provides information to advertisers that they currently use cookies as one part of, with different considerations.