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Thread · 4 tweets · 1 Apr 2021

Robin Berjon @robinberjon ·

Replying to @wayneblodwell and @kyotonio

I'd be happy to link it, but I don't understand how twitter builds threads, I can't get a link that has it all. Here is the starting piece, but you have to jump down branches to get it all.
Robin Berjon @robinberjon ·

Replying to @justinschuh and @phenlix, @bgalbs, @dinodaizovi

I'm sorry if it reads that way, it is not an attack and certainly not innuendo. Just intended as a statement of fact. Are you saying Chrome does not collect browsing history in the clear from a majority of its users?
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Robin Berjon @robinberjon ·
I think consent is underdiscussed amongst web technologists in general. I think it would help to come to a definitive position. I have some draft ideas, but it'll take time and energy.
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Robin Berjon @robinberjon ·
Re the Sandbox, six months ago I would have said that it would be best to solve without regulatory intervention, but that was under the assumption that Google was going to have to improve its own practices if they wanted any credibility in antitrust and standards.
Robin Berjon @robinberjon ·
But instead it looks like they don't even understand just how much they're part of the problem. So yeah, this is going to require intervention. Which is the point at which the MOW folks make things complicated and might actually cause enough distraction for Google to get away.