dont-track-me-google vs copy-true-link

dont-track-me-google

Firefox and Chrome extensions to prevent Google from making links ugly. (by Rob--W)

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copy-true-link

An add-on that copies True Link URL as shown at the status bar (by dandanua)

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dont-track-me-google		copy-true-link
	Project
4	Mentions	2
429	Stars	5
-	Growth	-
4.6	Activity	0.0
10 months ago	Latest Commit	about 2 months ago
JavaScript	Language	JavaScript
MIT License	License	-

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dont-track-me-google

Posts with mentions or reviews of dont-track-me-google. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-12-01.

Firefox continues its fight for privacy by automatically stripping URL trackers
1 project | /r/tech | 30 Jun 2022
Firefox Privacy: 2021 update | Privacy Guides
21 projects | /r/PrivacyGuides | 1 Dec 2021

You could consider using the user script for don-track-me-google if you insist on using Google.
Prevent Google from mangling search result links when click/copying on Firefox
6 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 27 Sep 2021
Don't Track me Google...
1 project | /r/Adguard | 14 Mar 2021

copy-true-link

Posts with mentions or reviews of copy-true-link. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-09-27.

Prevent Google from mangling search result links when click/copying on Firefox
6 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 27 Sep 2021

I wrote a simple addon that avoids just that https://github.com/dandanua/copy-true-link
The code doesn't prevent event propagation, instead it copies the link before propagation happens. I guess this way is more reliable.
Google Removed ClearURLs Extension from Chrome Web Store
15 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 24 Mar 2021

I wrote a very basic extension Copy True Link https://github.com/dandanua/copy-true-link
It doesn't remove trackers from the URLs yet, but at least you can copy what is displayed at the status bar when you hover over the link. It's useful since a lot of tracking sites (like FB) substitute that status bar link for the tracking one before clicking.
I think I'll add some cleaning process in the future.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing dont-track-me-google and copy-true-link you can also consider the following projects:

FastForward - Don't waste your time with compliance. FastForward automatically skips annoying link shorteners.

android - This repository is archived, and is now transferred to https://github.com/kiwibrowser/src

uBlock - uBlock Origin - An efficient blocker for Chromium and Firefox. Fast and lean.

uAssets - Resources for uBlock Origin, uMatrix: static filter lists, ready-to-use rulesets, etc.

Bromte-adblock

focus-ios - ⚠️ Firefox Focus (iOS) has moved to a new repository. It is now developed and maintained as part of: https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/firefox-ios

privacy-redirect - A simple web extension that redirects Twitter, YouTube, Instagram & Google Maps requests to privacy friendly alternatives.

uMatrix - uMatrix: Point and click matrix to filter net requests according to source, destination and type

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