Google analytics and other embedded JS that gets dumped in pages. Adsense. DNS (a LOT of people use their public recursive DNS resolvers). And 1x1 transparent tracking pixels/web beacons... to name a few.

With the stances many are taking anyhow. Cookies arent really being relied on as much. Google announced a year ago that third party cookies wouldn't even be supported about a year from now anyhow. https://www.cnbc.com/2020/01/1... What FF is doing that is nice is their Multi-Account containers. It previously was an add-on. But will be a default. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-... What i would really like to see them add support for per-container settings. Things like noscript settings, ublock settings, even proxy settings.

That was the point of it. It was a broadcast TV show meant to entertain and keep the interest of both adults and children. At a time when there were like 3-4 channels and TV's were fairly rare. The muppets and antics were for the kids. The guests and most of the humor were for the adults. As kids, like many things, you get to re-watch it with a different perspective and enjoy it all again. A LOT of Disney movies and media, even ones fromt he 90's are like that. For example Aladdin.

Thatâ(TM)s a mandate though from the merger in 2016. They are lobbying for them https://arstechnica.com/tech-p...

Or a VPS. Heck Linode runs a DC out of Dallas.

If you can get around the trancoding issues (and some NAS's are doing a better job), its still very viable. I don't even do hardware transcoding on mine anymore (its a PITA to exposed quicksync to a VM) but it still does the trick for managing my library and watching broadcast. Occasionally when my antenna gets a bad signal,namely on my local PBS, i can then stream it. But the point is I don't HAVE to. For the kids....95% of their content is PBS OTA recordings via plex. I don't really use any of their features they have added, but am a lifetime plexpass and do share with some friends (who return the favor). I dont really stream from them, but i occasionally browse to see what may interest me. Which is very cool even still, like looking at what my buddy's netflix or prim recs are.

It would make sense for Apple, even from a business standpoint to deny it and maintain plausible deniability. Admitting it would have a direct effect on trust, which is a core component of some of their success (and to be fair, they make security/privacy fairly easy and straightforward for someone unwilling to invest the time needed to DIY it). Their diefiance to the FBI for even things like the San Bernadino shooters iPhone gained them trust int heir security, and an admittance like this would move that opinion in the opposite direction, especially for those uninformed in general.