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[โ€“] KrokanteBamischijf@feddit.nl 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

To be honest it should not be that hard to write a browser extension that just strips away all query parameters. That's just a simple string match for the question mark and deleting everything after it.

The problems begin when sites start implementing other URL shenanigans like your /ref=XXXX? example.

The workable solution there would be to have the extension match user defined patterns for different sites.

[โ€“] yui@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

The problem with a nuclear solution like that is that some sites use query parameters as actual query parameters. Like DuckDuckGo.

[โ€“] KrokanteBamischijf@feddit.nl 1 points 9 months ago

Yeah, though that should only be an issue if the link you're copying needs to show query results instead of a more permanent page such as a product listing or a video on YouTube.

In general, the conventions and standards are followed. But yeah, linking to search results without tracking bullshit is kind of challenging.