[crazygringo]

I'm not defending it, but the win would be for website owners who might make slightly more profits, and advertisers who might pay slightly less for ads -- all because increased competition would reduce profits by ad exchanges.

Of course, that's against not just more tracking/sharing as you mention, but also probably significantly worse ad loading times and bloat in general.

It's awfully hard and hypothetical to estimate the impact of either.

[scarface74]

You realize you’re really supporting the Bork view that anti trust should be about user harm. Everything you said makes the user experience worse.

[crazygringo]

> You realize you’re really supporting

You realize I literally prefaced it with "I'm not defending it"?

> Everything you said makes the user experience worse.

Yes, that was the whole point of my second sentence.

I was just explaining why some people do see it as a win. Even if you disagree, it's not an absurd position to take.