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20 points by Iblockedthem 15 hours ago | 12 comments
  • crtasm
    Firefox's right-click menu has "Copy Link Without Site Tracking"

    uBlock Origin can remove them before loading a URL, some examples (they go in My Filters)

        *$removeparam=/^utm_/
    *$removeparam=fbclid
    *$removeparam=si
  • tonymet
    My hobby is writing iOS Shortcuts while in the restroom and my url cleaner shortcut is my most often used one.

    Side note : Shortcuts.app is iOS best feature hands down

    • Brajeshwar
      How do you deal with the permissions on using Shortcut?

      With the new macOS Spotlight improvement and the window management getting better, I thought I will get rid of Rectangle Pro (I use only that custom window resizing) and tried a window Resizer Shortcut. I’ve tried giving it as much freedom as I can but it keeps bumping into more and more gates.

      Btw, I think I jumped too early on that Spotlight thing. I remember, I got back to Alfred last week.

  • dfajgljsldkjag
    Obvious vibe coded slop.

    Also includes a nice fake readme on github that says it's open source (it's not) with "instructions" to build it locally with npm (they don't work). https://archive.is/rzwK1

    • techjamie
      Not sure how much you checked in detail, but to add on, I downloaded it and unpacked the app to check out the source. Would say it definitely looks like AI written code. I partially wonder if Gemini generated it, because it seemingly imports `@google/genai` as a dependency and does nothing with it, and that kinda seems like a Gemini thing to do.
    • drshajul
      Absolutely right.. this is closed source. Don't know why there is the 'Development' section.
    • TylerE
      Seconded.
  • jauntywundrkind
    On Android, I've been using Leon - The URL Cleaner. GPL3 is restrictive but fine here for me. It is a nice Share Target app, so integrates well with Android. And it has an option to copy the URL to the clipboard automatically after cleaned, which is what I want. https://github.com/leon-cleaning-services/leon

    I'd love to use a webapp/PWA that has Share Target support, just because. Not sure what is out there.

  • fragmede
    kinda related, on iOS there's https://routinehub.co/shortcut/16554/ for this.
    • AnonHP
      Sadly, this site requires a login or registration with an email just to get the shortcut. I guess I may be able to find a similar one that’s just shared by someone on their iCloud storage.
    • stephenr
      Presumably this also works on macOS.