Re: [w3ctag/design-reviews] Partial freezing of the User-Agent string (#467)

There is a still a general lack of awareness around this and related Google driven changes to the web. In an attempt to drive debate - and provide some Friday fun - I attach this 007 themed meme and a link to a Bond themed article on the macro level business and societal impacts I wrote.

The Economist last week touched on these subjects in a Special Report which is also referenced. In accessing it online one can experience the effects this change is already having on journalisim and access to advertising funded content. Basically you'll have to enter your email address everytime you want to read something, or if that's too much hassle just use Google News where Google will control the revenue for everyone. Small publishers will never get funding and will be commercially unviable. That's not a good thing and takes us a long way from Sir Tim's vision for the web.

![Privacy Sandbox 1](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/1679482/75572593-fefc7f00-5a52-11ea-9689-6fb778bc3ff0.png)

[Google’s Privacy Sandbox is a plan worthy of a Bond Villain](https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/googles-privacy-sandbox-plan-worthy-bond-villain-james-rosewell/)

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