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Re:Prevent Google from mangling search result links when cli... by TechBro8615 on Monday September 27, 2021 @04:07PM (#28675384)
It's worse with Google, because they add the friction but then hide it in their own browser. There's no issue copy/pasting links from Chrome.

This is a pattern of behavior. For example, when reading an AMP article hosted by google.com, an iPhone will correctly show `google.com` in its URL bar. Whereas an Android will conveniently rewrite `google.com` to show the URL of the article source, falsely implying the browser connected to a hostname that it did not.

In any other context, it would be called phishing.

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Re:Prevent Google from mangling search result links when cli... by lgats on Monday September 27, 2021 @04:59PM (#28675930)
This works via AMP Signed Exchange https://amp.dev/documentation/guides-and-tutorials/optimize-...
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Re:Prevent Google from mangling search result links when cli... by noobgrammer on Monday September 27, 2021 @07:00PM (#28677176)
This works via Google blackmailing publishers with the threat of SEO downranking without Amp
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Re:Prevent Google from mangling search result links when cli... by marcusjt on Monday September 27, 2021 @09:04PM (#28678117)
"While AMP itself isn't a ranking factor, speed is a ranking factor for Google Search. Google Search applies the same standard to all pages, regardless of the technology used to build the page."

https://developers.google.com/search/docs/advanced/experienc...

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Re:Prevent Google from mangling search result links when cli... by noobgrammer on Monday September 27, 2021 @09:07PM (#28678129)
That only happened after it failed.
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Re:Prevent Google from mangling search result links when cli... by TechBro8615 on Monday September 27, 2021 @07:51PM (#28677595)
This is a recent development, and a questionably positive one. They don't get to be morally exonerated by recruiting other MITM like Cloudflare into their cartel.
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