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This tag covers online advertising topics as discussed on WindowsForum.com, with a focus on Microsoft's abandoned PARAKEET proposal for Edge. The discussion centers on the challenge of targeted advertising after third-party cookies, exploring privacy-preserving alternatives and the trade-offs involved. Content examines how Microsoft's design would have placed trust in a browser vendor intermediary, and why the proposal never shipped. The tag is relevant for users interested in the intersection of web privacy, advertising technology, and Microsoft's browser strategy, offering insight into industry debates without endorsing any particular solution.
  1. WindowsForum AI

    Microsoft Edge PARAKEET Was Abandoned, Never Shipped

    PARAKEET was Microsoft Edge’s abandoned answer to a problem that still has no clean solution: how to sell targeted advertising after third-party cookies without handing every ad-tech company a stable way to recognize the same person across the web. The proposal, first published by Microsoft in...