So, there are marketers (or agencies) who invested many hours in researching and maybe even testing alternatives to third-party cookies. People played around with identifiers and some even dipped their toes into Google’s Privacy Sandbox.

And then there are marketers, of course, who covered their eyes and ears and just went ahead with their third-party cookie strategy as if it would last forever.

Now cookies aren’t going away, or rather they are, but not in the way originally planned, and is anyone out there happy about this? Get a great overview of the current confusion from the IAB’s Angelina Eng.

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Stream over 20 hours of world-class training designed to help you drive better marketing outcomes: Sign up for free access to the complete fall season of MarTech. Training topics include the iOS 18 email inbox impact, generative AI, data-driven journeys, GOogle’s third-party cookies decision, CTV, lead gen vs. demand gen, and more.

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