Re:ClearURLs – automatically remove tracking elements from URLs
by dredmorbius on Wednesday May 05, 2021 @08:42AM
(#27049147)
This is a case where using HN's "code" feature can help
The first link is:
https://aliexpress.com/item/4000336900709.html?spm=a2g01.12617084.fdpcl001.8.2665mpnYmpnYMH&gps-id=5547572&scm=1007.19201.130907.0&scm_id=1007.19201.130907.0&scm-url=1007.19201.130907.0&pvid=65430901-7ec6-4584-a620-4618974e03ae
The second: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4000336900709.html
(HN normally truncates links to ... 60 characters, it seems.
Re:ClearURLs – automatically remove tracking elements from URLs
by grishka on Wednesday May 05, 2021 @08:51AM
(#27049231)
If you've clicked an ad, you've already lost to marketers. If you've seen one, you've lost too.
Re:ClearURLs – automatically remove tracking elements from URLs
by matheusmoreira on Wednesday May 05, 2021 @11:01AM
(#27050754)
Indeed. We should just block all marketing, absolutely no exceptions. Drive their return on investment as close to zero as humanly possible.
Re:ClearURLs – automatically remove tracking elements from URLs
by theshrike79 on Wednesday May 05, 2021 @10:07AM
(#27049990)
_I_ know how to remove the crap when sharing the link. Other people don't. This is why we need extensions like this.
It's not fun to get a 2048 character long URL to a product linked to me on mobile, where it literally doesn't fit on the screen all at once. =)
Re:ClearURLs – automatically remove tracking elements from URLs
by scottmcleod on Wednesday May 05, 2021 @09:23AM
(#27049496)
Its not "crap" its literally the same parameters to understand where the traffic comes from.
Re:ClearURLs – automatically remove tracking elements from URLs
by ivanche on Wednesday May 05, 2021 @10:39AM
(#27050415)
AKA crap. When you walk into the store, does the clerk know which street have you used to drive to the store? Do you tell him on purpose even if he didn't ask? I didn't think so.
Re:ClearURLs – automatically remove tracking elements from URLs
by anticristi on Saturday May 08, 2021 @05:32AM
(#27085425)
I'm regularly asked for my zipcode and I give it happily. Feels like the right tradeoff between allowing marketers to do their job and preserving my privacy.
https://aliexpress.com/item/4000336900709.html?spm=a2g01.126...
vs
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4000336900709.html
Both take you to the same page.
URLs, especially when clicked from ads tend to have a HUGE amount of extra crap that's in no way needed for any kind of functionality.