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Firefox starting to remove tracking parameters from shared URLs (blog.nightly.mozilla.org)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Linus_Torvalds@lemmy.world to c/firefox@lemmy.ml

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Currently still in Nightly and only on 'Copy Link'. Still nice progress though.

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[–] arc@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Do it for affiliate links too.

[–] Secret300@sh.itjust.works -1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Actually curious. What's wrong with people making money?

[–] arc@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Nothing provided it is an honest and upfront with consent from the user. The problem is vast majority of affiliate links are non-consensual, buried in articles and in the worst case are the reason that pages even exist - "top ten dishwashers", "50 gifts to buy your wife for Christmas" etc. clickbait garbage. I doubt most visitors even understand that's why the pages exist or the financial remuneration they get from making these lists.

So it would not be a bad thing that if a browser to detect an affiliate link and ask you if you wanted to follow it as-is or strip the affiliate info out with a checkbox to remember the decision for the site.

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[–] FriendBesto@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Nice.

[–] Mwa@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Sorry for necroposting but are you the real linux creator

[–] Linus_Torvalds@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Lmao no

[–] Mwa@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago

oh okay

[–] Fidelity9373@artemis.camp 1 points 1 year ago

Tried it yesterday. Not working on Amazon links quite yet, hopefully the feature improves. Would love the ability to toggle it for default.

[–] elbarto777@lemmy.world -3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'll be honest and say that I'd rather the browser not modify the URLs I want to share.

Unless it's an option..

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