Re: kids these days

On Thu, 26 Sep 2024 17:20:53 -0700, john larkin <jl@glen--canyon.com>
wrote:

On Fri, 27 Sep 2024 00:08:10 -0000 (UTC), Sergey Kubushyn
<ksi@koi8.net> wrote:
>

john larkin <jl@glen--canyon.com> wrote:
>
Just FYI -- everything after the ...818.html, starting with the question
mark, is the tracking information that is not needed of useful. The URL is:
>
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/bosses-firing-gen-z-grads-111719818.html
>
and it fits in one line.

OK. Amazon links are like that... you can chop them off short.

I suggest "ClearURL" plugin for trimming off the tracking data from a
URL:
<https://docs.clearurls.xyz>
For Thunderbird:
<https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/clearurls/>
For Chrome:
<https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/clearurls/lckanjgmijmafbedllaakclkaicjfmnk>
For Edge:
<https://microsoftedge.microsoft.com/addons/detail/clearurls/mdkdmaickkfdekbjdoojfalpbkgaddei>

It's not the best, the fanciest or the most reliable, but it's been
working well enough for about two years.  The only problem is that
some web piles require the presence of the appended tracking data for
their web pages to function properly.  Three mouse clicks to turn it
off and three more to turn it back on later.

And Google is evil.

Maybe.  Large and profitable companies tend to be labeled as evil.
Since Google search makes the most money for Google, I would suspect
that they are more than willing to compromise ethical behavior in
exchange for increased profits:
"Google Revenue Breakdown - How Does Google Make Money?"
<https://www.doofinder.com/en/statistics/google-revenue-breakdown>
$175 billion in revenue for Google search out of a total of $307
billion revenue for the company.


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