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Firefox now supports clean URLs with the new "Copy link without site tracking" option (lemmy.world)

submitted 7 months ago by hiramfromthechi@lemmy.world to c/firefox@lemmy.ml

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No need to remove the URL tracking parameters manually. 🥳

Firefox copy link without site tracking

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[–] hiramfromthechi@lemmy.world 27 points 7 months ago (1 children)

What do you mean? Tons of links on the web have trackers appended to the URL.

[–] pixelscript@lemmy.ml 16 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Pretty sure they are asking, "Why would I ever want the tracking copied, why is this relegated to a bespoke option instead of being the default behavior?"

[–] WarlordSdocy@lemmy.world 14 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I think it's good to have a normal copy along with this remove tracking one. In case for some reason removing tracking messes something up with the link and makes it not work. It's always nice to have options rather than just doing it automatically.

[–] andyMFK@reddthat.com 3 points 7 months ago (2 children)

agree with you about having options, but swap it around. have copy without trackers be "copy link", and then have an option "copy link with trackers"

[–] jim@programming.dev 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I disagree. I think the default option should be what users expect, and users expect "copy" to do exactly that: copy without modifying the text.

[–] shotgun_crab@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I think we could have an about:config tweak to make copying links always remove trackers