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To add a little color and for clarity: Some google links (notably shopping links for products) don't just point at a google-owned redirect (presumably for ad t

To add a little color and for clarity: Some google links (notably shopping links for products) don't just point at a google-owned redirect (presumably for ad tracking/payment calculation?), they also change the link target on click (?!?evil!?!). There are redirect-removal addons which re-write the original URL correctly, but the on-click handlers mangle the target of the link if the event is not blocked.

phkahler 5y ago
>> There are redirect-removal addons which re-write the original URL correctly, but the on-click handlers mangle the target of the link if the event is not blocked. On-click event handlers should never have been allowed. Hijacking the browser UI is never in the users interest.
- aembleton 5y ago
  I was going to upvote you, but unfortunately it required an on-click event handler.
  - zootboy 5y ago
    Except that's not true at all. HN works with javascript entirely disabled, and the upvote buttons become actual links.
    - aembleton 5y ago
      Just tried it and that is true. I take it back.