Marketers are panicking over Google's plan to yank cookies from advertising

errantmind wrote: post #3

xpe wrote: post #2

The article is paywalled (or at least gated).

This extension is useful for bypassing sites that use 'article limits' : https://github.com/iamadamdev/bypass-paywalls-firefox

so is the web button under OP's link.

Re: Marketers are panicking over Google's plan to yank cookies from advertising

#5

Post by pazimzadeh » Mon, Feb 17, 2020, 6:23 PM UTC

eganist wrote: post #4

errantmind wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This extension is useful for bypassing sites that use 'article limits' : https://github.com/iamadamdev/bypass-paywalls-firefox

so is the web button under OP's link.

Still paywalled

Re: Marketers are panicking over Google's plan to yank cookies from advertising

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Post by yawaramin » Mon, Feb 17, 2020, 6:25 PM UTC

TP;DR?*

    * Too Paywalled**, Didn't Read

    ** Although for some articles one might legitimately say 'Toilet Paper, Didn't Read'

Re: Marketers are panicking over Google's plan to yank cookies from advertising

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Post by ErikAugust » Mon, Feb 17, 2020, 6:27 PM UTC

yawaramin wrote: post #6

TP;DR?* * Too Paywalled**, Didn't Read ** Although for some articles one might legitimately say 'Toilet Paper, Didn't Read'

https://beta.trimread.com/articles/5241

Re: Marketers are panicking over Google's plan to yank cookies from advertising

#8

Post by xingped » Mon, Feb 17, 2020, 6:27 PM UTC

errantmind wrote: post #3

xpe wrote: post #2

The article is paywalled (or at least gated).

This extension is useful for bypassing sites that use 'article limits' : https://github.com/iamadamdev/bypass-paywalls-firefox

Doesn't allow me to read the article.

Re: Marketers are panicking over Google's plan to yank cookies from advertising

#9

Post by Animats » Mon, Feb 17, 2020, 6:32 PM UTC

So Chrome is getting something Firefox has has for years. I've had third-party cookies blocked for the last decade. Plus Privacy Badger.

Re: Marketers are panicking over Google's plan to yank cookies from advertising

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Post by allovernow » Mon, Feb 17, 2020, 6:33 PM UTC

At this point I'm absolutely convinced that anything bad for adtech is good for society. Absolute profit driven evil.

An entire industry built around psychological manipulation for the sole purpose of convincing people to consume products that they likely don't need, while simulataneously setting the stage for an Orweillian surveillance state... No one with a conscience should be working in adtech.

And there are far more insidious consequences to adware. I'm just speculating, but I have a feeling that when non-technical society is bombarded by ads, its capacity for critical analysis of information is reduced. Given the ubiquity of ads, and the many decisions that humans must make personally and professionally every day, if this is true it has a seriously negative ripple effect which permeates much of human endeavor.