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why stack overflow is dying

December 5, 2024

A warning

Recently this message started appearing in the Google Chrome console for various websites.

console

The warning message text is a hint that using cookies is somehow deprecated.

Chrome is moving towards a new experience that allows users to choose to browse without third-party cookies

A question

Not being a web developer I have no idea what this is in reference to. So I did what any curious engineer would do and dumped the text into my favorite search engine.

Duck Duck Go found exactly one result, a Stack Overflow post. Perfect!

ddg_result

A dead end

I click the link and … yup the question is locked.

Nobody was allowed to answer before the moderator locked the question.

The question has 18 upvotes.

so_locked

The end

That’s the end of my story. Nobody is allowed to answer the question.

And I still do not know what the warning message is in reference to.

Thanks, Stack Overflow.

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