HiramFromTheChi to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years agoFirefox now supports clean URLs with the new "Copy link without site tracking" optionmessage-square47fedilinkarrow-up1980arrow-down19file-text
arrow-up1971arrow-down1message-squareFirefox now supports clean URLs with the new "Copy link without site tracking" optionHiramFromTheChi to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years agomessage-square47fedilinkfile-text
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/8834978 No need to remove the URL tracking parameters manually. 🥳
minus-square@Mamertine@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish4•2 years agoI do that manually. In about 1 out of 10, what looks like tracking stuff is actually needed for the link to work. So I’d expect that copy without site tracking option to not work 100% of the time.
minus-square@derpgon@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglish2•2 years agoProbably just removes known tracking GET parameters like utm_*. Just from a parameter name and content it is impossble to infer the use.
I do that manually. In about 1 out of 10, what looks like tracking stuff is actually needed for the link to work. So I’d expect that copy without site tracking option to not work 100% of the time.
Probably just removes known tracking GET parameters like
utm_*. Just from a parameter name and content it is impossble to infer the use.