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The reason browser's DNT header failed is that they don't want to user to turn off tracking by default

The reason they will not adopt common env is that because they do not want it to be easy to turn off

The reason the DNT header failed is because there is no way to enforce it. The browser can set the flag, but there's no way to ensure it's actually respected. There are no protocol police.

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