Google Chrome’s massive changes threaten the open web, but users have little sympathy

By the end of the year, Google (GOOG, GOOGL) plans to overhaul the digital advertising world. In a move designed to protect the privacy of Internet users, Google will end the use of third-party cookies in its Chrome browser, abolishing one of the foundational technologies of the commercial Internet.

Last month, Yahoo Finance reported on what this shakeup could mean for websites that use third-party cookies to survive. It won't be pretty. Some experts described the coming transition as an extinction-level event for many companies.

But based on reader feedback, many Internet users have little sympathy for such publishers. One ...