Before you get too excited about the growth of martech, check out this Ketchum survey finding that consumers have grown less enchanted with technology.  For example, 72% of consumers said in 2019 that tech has had a positive impact on work, compared with 64% in 2021.  Large majorities were in favor of tighter regulation and breaking up the biggest tech companies.  One exception: concern about privacy actually fell from 66% to 55%.

Procrastinators of the world can throw a party whenever they get around to it: Google has once more pushed back complete third-party cookie deprecation.  The new target is “early next year.” Reasons for the delay include concerns expressed by U.K. data regulator Information Commissioner’s Office, an ongoing inquiry by the U.K. Competition and Markets Authority, and widespread discontent in the advertising ecosystem.