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I assume it blocks something from loading, but I wouldn’t exactly know. I haven’t looked into it.

this place simply isn’t big enough to have the niche communities

Yeah. Wanted to recommend Lemmy to a friend, but the few topics they were mainly interested in had little to no engagement.

Nice example link you used there

Generally anything that comes after a questionmark in a URL can be safely stripped out, though not always. The random string of characters you get after a youtu.be link is tracking, the ?t=123 is a timestamp.

uBlock Origin also has a filter built-in, though you have to enable it. It’s under Filter Lists > Privacy > AdGuard URL Tracking Protection

You could have some sort of account with the browser company. They aggregate site visits, then do a monthly payout.

But that would mean storing history for users? Though surely there’s a way to anonimize that.

Why’s it gotta be crypto though

I think the bigger issue is them potentially losing their Google income.

They’ve failed to diversify their income with a bunch of failed subscription services, Google is in hot waters because of anti-competitive behaviour; they’re going to need something.

Which isn’t to say I like it. But “this is happening because they take Google money” is parroted beneath every slightly negative thing Mozilla does.

For YouTube it displays the YouTube menu on first right-click, then the Firefox context menu on second right-click for me. On Windows.

If that is not the case for you, something may be broken. Have you tried running Firefox without any add-ins already?

Chromium does have some Google things in it. Like what happened with the built-in extension giving Google websites special permission to read the hardware info of your computer.

https://x.com/lcasdev/status/1810696257137959018

I’m sure those developers don’t need any material like, say, software, or a desk. Or other staff to write those paychecks and resolve disputes. Or give direction. Nor would the company need to host any downloads or other websites.

Most sane take in this whole thread.

Some of y’all get a little conspiratorial.

ClearURLs

It makes, say, Amazon links not a three-page bookwork

The advertiser’s don’t place the ads themselves. They say where and when they are placed, but the actual placing/integration is done by the likes of Google, Facebook, and, in this case, Mozilla.

That’s the “third party” that’s doing the tracking.