What does HackerNews think of Addon?
ClearURLs is an add-on based on the new WebExtensions technology and will automatically remove tracking elements from URLs to help protect your privacy.
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I run the ClearURLs extension [0], so when I click that link - or most Amazon affiliate links, or an O365 tracking link, or many other tracking links, it sends me straight to the destination without hitting Google's servers.
A feature request/complaint is that it doesn't support hovering to see the target URL/check if the particular tracking domain is supported, for example Tom's Hardware uses a "georiot.com" tracker that embeds GR_URL=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fdp... %3Dtomshardware-us-1038331347314950500-20... and doesn't successfully parse out the raw amazon.com/dp/[product ID] link.
For those looking for similar functionality in Firefox, Chrome, and Edge, I've been using ClearURLs[0] for several years in Firefox and Firefox on Android. It works well.
The ClearURLs addon [1] also gives you the in-browser option to copy "clean link location," as they call it.
And they get loaded down with query string fields for analytics. I kill those with https://github.com/ClearURLs/Addon
The README on the repo itself links to gitlab, including the "create an issue" link: https://github.com/ClearURLs/Addon/#contribute