HiramFromTheChi to Firefox@lemmy.mlEnglish • 7 months agoFirefox now supports clean URLs with the new "Copy link without site tracking" optionmessage-square97fedilinkarrow-up11.28Karrow-down18file-text
arrow-up11.27Karrow-down1message-squareFirefox now supports clean URLs with the new "Copy link without site tracking" optionHiramFromTheChi to Firefox@lemmy.mlEnglish • 7 months agomessage-square97fedilinkfile-text
minus-square@uis@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink3•7 months agoAs I understand now it removes only limited set of query strings
minus-square@LufyCZ@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink4•7 months agoYeah but the list is hardcoded. Collisions can happen. Also, since it’s hardcoded, it’s easily gameable, and it will be gamed if too many people start filtering them out. It’s a good start but a bad solution overall
minus-square@LufyCZ@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink2•7 months agoThe trackers can be renamed to anything that’s regularly used in other places. Pushing to make this a default will only harm the small minority that might be enjoying the benefits right now. At least with the current way it’s set up.
As I understand now it removes only limited set of query strings
Yeah but the list is hardcoded. Collisions can happen.
Also, since it’s hardcoded, it’s easily gameable, and it will be gamed if too many people start filtering them out.
It’s a good start but a bad solution overall
“utm_” collisions?
The trackers can be renamed to anything that’s regularly used in other places.
Pushing to make this a default will only harm the small minority that might be enjoying the benefits right now.
At least with the current way it’s set up.