How big a problem is zombie martech? Half (51%) of the respondents to this Demand Metric survey for Integrate said they have a great or very great amount of redundant or unused tech. But they don’t seem too worried about it: 64% said their current martech stack supports them well or very well, 44% plan to increase their marketing ops and martech spending, and more plan to add new systems (32%) than to make their stack smaller (26%). Interesting.

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.