
Pundit
Ronan Shields
1 receipt • Tracked since Apr 2026
Digiday senior reporter on adtech and programmatic.
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2022
1 prediction- Jul 27, 2022Called it.“Google will delay third-party cookie deprecation again — Privacy Sandbox isn't ready, regulators aren't satisfied, and the adtech industry is nowhere near migrated.”
Validated multiple times: Google delayed in 2022, again in 2024, then in July 2024 abandoned forced deprecation entirely in favor of user choice prompts.
