That already exists in forms of privacy protection settings on browsers. DNT was a very specific feature. Privacy protections were not removed, DNT was removed.
I think you are intentionally missing the gist of the post, but here goes anyways. DNT was a very clear signal by the user that nobody respected. So instead of accepting it being useless and throwing it away, just change how the browser behaves when the user enables the option by updating the browser in a way that will actually prevent tracking.
What I’m trying to say is, that’s already the default running mode of a modern browser with the maybe exception of ad blockers on some. They already come with all privacy protections that don’t compromise compatibility. DNT, being a specific feature enabled by a very few people, doesn’t make sense to be reshaped into entirely something else like ad blocking (which is way beyond tracking protection and not necessarily mutually exclusive with it) or disabling of third party cookies (which has auth related consequences).
The conflation of semantics isn’t worth it, and may even be harmful. I totally disagree with the proposal.
