Ad tech bosses balance frustration and focus after Google’s latest shift on third-party cookies

Ad tech bosses balance frustration and focus after Google’s latest shift on third-party cookies

After four years of promising the ad industry it would eventually rid its browser of third-party cookies, Google will let users decide.

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