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The way I see FLoC is that it's nothing more than a compromise.

This isn't a web standards feature like WebMIDI or WebHID that fulfills the (ever expanding) requests for features from web developers. It isn't a feature that the average user would ever ask for. It's simply a way for Google's ads business to continue functioning in spite of a web community that is gradually becoming privacy-conscious.



"Okay, it is true I can do nothing to force you to eat this pile of poo and I have nothing as means of payment, but let's make a compromise: How about you eat half?"

How about no, Google?

DRM made its way into browsers only barely, and in that case they at least had something people wanted.


> DRM made its way into browsers only barely, and in that case they at least had something people wanted.

What did DRM have that people wanted?


Netflix.

People are giving out about browsers and devices not supporting widevine now :(




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