Google cancels plans to kill off cookies for advertisers

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Google cancels plans to kill off cookies for advertisers
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Seems they're both from the same developer, with slightly different objectives. However, uMatrix's repository has been archived and hasn't updated in years. Even if you use a fork, the first line of the README is "Definitely for advanced users." I don't consider uMatrix a working solution for the average user, which is most people.

I don't feel like engaging with the first phrase of your comment as it is, lacking even a single concrete example or further resources to look into.

I don't feel like engaging with the first phrase of your comment as it is, lacking even a single concrete example or further resources to look into.

But but but... don't you trust them?

You're right about advanced users. But I think people should dig deeper, advance, to get their hands on something better. Average person might as well not need adblockers at all, as far as I'm concerned "normies" are ignorant enough just to live with ads all around