Addon Unavailable on Google Chrome · Issue #102 · ClearURLs/Addon
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Has the addon been removed from the webstore? The URL listed here is responding with a 404 error. It's not coming up in search either. https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/clearurls/lc...

Once again daddy Google being an absolute asshole against projects that can damage their tracking practices.

Meanwhile you can download the extension from their GitHub or use Tracking Token Stripper if you need to use Chromium-based browsers, or. you know… just use Firefox.

  • @tronk
    3•3 years ago

    I’m sure you’re onto something, but I’m not entirely sure what you mean by “this type of plugins”.

    From what I gather, UBlock is problematic to Google because it blocks Google Ads. And that’s a bit different to what ClearURLs do. The reason ClearURLs is problematic to Google is because of the ‘amp’ links, which are links that make it possible for Google to track those who click them.

    So yeah, I guess both piss off Google, but in different ways: one makes it harder to extract data from you, their product (since your data constructs an amazing model, to which companies bid access to when purchasing ads), while the other blocks the delivery of the ads.