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All book links are affiliate links (tag=cpk-72books-20)

• notadoc 7y ago
  The odds of seeing any list of things to do/buy/engage without it being some affiliate promotion are slim
• OJFord 7y ago
  Seems like as good a place to ask as any - is there an adblock list style solution for stripping not just query parameters (and I suppose they're sometimes needed, can't always strip them) but also e.g. /ref=blah paths that some (Amazon for example) use as well?
  • dhosek 7y ago
    Why? I actually make a point of going to an affiliate link before buying anything from the big river. Just doing my part to reduce their profits as much as possible. (My current go-to is kottke.org although I wouldn't object if people wanted to go to http://don.dream-in-color.net/books/ http://don.dream-in-color.net/books/ instead)
    • OJFord 7y ago
      The /ref= isn't from afiliate/referral links, it's just tracking.
      • dhosek 7y ago
        I don't think that's actually what's happening with that. ref=nosim is an old thing (no longer necessary) for going to the product page directly. I can't see any tracking that they can do with a URL component that they wouldn't have anyway (e.g., knowing the referrer, IP etc.)