W3C – Not Fit for Purpose

> We estimate that our supporters work with more than 21,000 advertisers and nearly 6 million individual websites in more than 65 countries, jointly serving over 320 billion advertising impressions each year, and having over 63 million subscribers. The companies have a combined workforce of over 40,000 employees and combined revenues in excess of $40bn.

+ https://www.reuters.com/technology/googles-browser-cookies-p...

A lobbying group with a pleasing name, wanting to weaken recent privacy-improving changes around cookies et al.

Also I'm left wondering how many people are behind this, I've counted a total of 2, the media contact, and the lawyer filing the court proceedings

W3C response: https://www.w3.org/blog/2021/12/mow-complaints-about-w3c/

LOL the copyright notice at the bottom really takes the shine off the astroturf in the URL: "Marketers For An Open Web"