Just ban it. The only defense for our lives being flooded with advertising is that it helps markets be more efficient.
But the most efficient gambling provider is the one that extracts the most money from its customers. Helping gambling companies be successful is a net loss to society.
I mix @realname and @pseudonym accounts. I'm generally pretty careful about what I post under my real name and less so under an alias.
However, over time I drop enough clues that people could figure my real identity with a little work. That leaves me with the worst of both worlds. It seems safest to assume that your identity is always tied to everything you do online.
The status quo for artists is pretty dismal. Across industries you have a few ultra-successful artists, a small group who can make a decent living and then a long tail of people who can't pay the rent.
Gaming things out, I don't think copyright is really helping any of those artists or society as a whole. If it didn't exist, you'd still have breakout artists who make money through endorsements, live shows, and selling original copies of their work.
Absolutely not silly. By shipping a Chromium-based browser they weaken Gecko and Firefox. A real risk is that we are left with Blink and Webkit being the only two engines. That makes it easier for Google to use their influence to push for standard changes that benefit them (see: DRM).
Microsoft have a weird habit of releasing niche or experimental products in a fully fledged form and then not knowing how to make them useful or popular (3D Paint, anyone?)
Did they really expect a solid ePub reader to be a significant selling point for the browser?
But the most efficient gambling provider is the one that extracts the most money from its customers. Helping gambling companies be successful is a net loss to society.