&gt; Finally, cutting the server out of the equation is seen as an opportunity to reset the Web’s balance of power regarding cookies and other forms of tracking; if you don’t request content from its owner, but instead get it from a third party, the owner can’t track you.<p>This is somewhat of a concerning line. Off the bat, I imagine it&#x27;s not outside of the realm of possibility that CDNs could collude with &quot;trackers&quot;. Yes, idealistically, a completely distributed model performs in such a way that provides no favor to any particular individual. But I don&#x27;t think it is anywhere near close enough to being proved that the free-rider problem won&#x27;t skew the issue towards providing trackers a <i>de facto</i> centralization.<p>Also, this doesn&#x27;t eliminate other bottlenecks, like tapping into internet exchange hubs. If there are too many CDNs with which to collude, there are certainly not too many hubs. It works better for them, actually, as they can start dragnetting traffic completely outside of even more modern tracking systems like Super Cookies.<p>We have long past the point that people can no longer intuitively understand what data they leak on the network.