(Most insightful comment so far.) I've really been missing this kind of functionality. Modern sites are built by people who apparently don't know or care about

(Most insightful comment so far.) I've really been missing this kind of functionality. Modern sites are built by people who apparently don't know or care about HTML name anchors. There is still a need to link to specific parts of pages, particularly in online discussions. The privacy aspect seems insanely overblown to me, for the reasons you outlined. I do understand why Brendan is using this moment to criticize this. It's on-brand (his Chromium fork has a privacy angle), and it is going to get him exposure because the supposed bad guy is Google. Don't get me wrong, they (Google) are not "good guys" by default any longer. This thing though? Not so sure. I think it will make things more good than bad, on average.