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Chrome Cookie Reversal & Identity Shifts

Chrome Cookie Reversal & Identity Shifts

Key Questions

What impact does Google's cookie reversal have on ad targeting?

Google's reversal raises questions about targeting stability and slows momentum for alternative identity solutions, reinforcing platform dominance. It encourages greater use of contextual targeting, clean rooms, first-party data, and geo-targeting for DSPs and privacy compliance.

How does Samba TV Project Gravity support independent data activation?

Samba TV Project Gravity provides an independent AI-native data activation option amid consolidating identity infrastructure. This helps counter agency control over data layers following acquisitions like Publicis of LiveRamp.

What challenges do independent alternatives face in identity infrastructure?

Publicis acquisition of LiveRamp for $2.2B consolidates identity infrastructure under agency control, challenging independent alternatives. Marketers are urged to prioritize richer contextual approaches and first-party data strategies.

Google reversal raises targeting stability questions and slows alt-ID momentum, reinforcing platform dominance. Urges richer contextual, clean rooms, 1P data, and geo-targeting (Viamedia H3) for DSPs and privacy compliance. Samba TV Project Gravity adds independent AI-native data activation option. Publicis acquisition of LiveRamp further consolidates identity infrastructure under agency control, challenging independent alternatives.

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Updated May 30, 2026