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Cookies - Sirius - 11-15-2024
I just spent some time looking at blocked outbound requests and did some tracing.
Seems like Microsoft has been buying add companies. Xandr, Formerly AppNexus aka Adnxs.com, Is Now Formerly AT&T, After Its Acquisition By Microsoft ... AT&T has sold its ad tech business Xandr to Microsoft
https://www.adexchanger.com/online-advertising/xandr-formerly-appnexus-is-now-formerly-att-after-its-acquisition-by-microsoft/
Say that three times quickly
RE: Cookies - Sirius - 11-15-2024
Old news aparantly https://www.forbes.com/sites/daviddoty/2022/01/27/microsoft-has-quietly-become-the-next-ad-tech-giant-marketers-ignore-its-reach-at-your-peril/
It doesn't matter if you use their products or not, they still get revenue from marketing the adds. Pretty smart.
Also real nasty tracking.
