Yes, the browser is where cookie management should happen, we call the browser the user agent for many years, it is the piece of software which is meant to represent the user's best interests when surfing the web.
Unfortunately these days the browser would be better referred to as the advertiser's agent," or perhaps just Google's agent.* Owing to Google's control over both web standards and the advertising market, cookie management features have received little attention.
Google's monopoly power has prevented a competitive market of privacy-focused, user-first browsers from flourishing.
It's also probably unlawful, the irony is that not too many years ago we punished Microsoft for unlawfully leveraging its monopoly to control the browser, and when we stopped them we paved the way for Google to do the same thing!
Unfortunately these days the browser would be better referred to as the advertiser's agent," or perhaps just Google's agent.* Owing to Google's control over both web standards and the advertising market, cookie management features have received little attention.
Google's monopoly power has prevented a competitive market of privacy-focused, user-first browsers from flourishing.
It's also probably unlawful, the irony is that not too many years ago we punished Microsoft for unlawfully leveraging its monopoly to control the browser, and when we stopped them we paved the way for Google to do the same thing!