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And you think that they team up for your benefit?

Most people (and orgs) do things that benefit themselves. The question as a user, who is likely to be more aligned with you?

- Mozilla, Meta, Google, Facebook

- VP of "monetization technology" company, "Marketing data expert"

Meta and Google are entirely advertising-focused companies, with their main revenue coming from being able to put together accurate profiles of people to spam them with campaigning attempts to get them to buy things.

Author of the OP is the VP of the adtech company, with their main revenue coming from being able to put together accurate profiles of people to spam them with campaigning attempts to get them to buy things.

He is not mad because Google can kinda-track users under new system. He is mad because Google can kinda-track users under new system, but his company _won't be able to any more_. Hence all the "cartel" talk.

neither?

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