HiramFromTheChi to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 7 months agoFirefox now supports clean URLs with the new "Copy link without site tracking" optionmessage-square50fedilinkarrow-up1979arrow-down19file-text
arrow-up1970arrow-down1message-squareFirefox now supports clean URLs with the new "Copy link without site tracking" optionHiramFromTheChi to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 7 months agomessage-square50fedilinkfile-text
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/8834978 No need to remove the URL tracking parameters manually. 🥳
minus-square@Mamertine@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish4•7 months 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.devlinkfedilinkEnglish3•7 months 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.