The links have _ostensibly_ pointed to the destination for quite some time, at least for me. The current techniques they use for tracking clicks do not require

The links have _ostensibly_ pointed to the destination for quite some time, at least for me. The current techniques they use for tracking clicks do not require otherwise. They just use pings[1] where supported, and a JS mouse-down event to switch the destination when clicking elsewhere. [1] https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/a#ping https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/a#...