LALammy·Sep 27, 2021
I used to use “Google/Yandex Search Link Fix” but it died along with XUL https://github.com/palant/searchlinkfix
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7 sourcesYou can use something like https://github.com/palant/searchlinkfix
In I’ve used DuckDuckGo as my search engine for a yearI use this addon https://github.com/palant/searchlinkfix
In Ask HN: Why is Google proxying every click?yes, it's well known, and I hate it!
Get rid of that s... with
https://github.com/palant/searchlinkfix or similar: every time I install it I have to search pretty hard for that plugin :)
In Ask HN: Is there a way to stop Google hijacking the URL?An alternative that works would be "Google search link fix" [1], which is written/maintained by the current developer of Adblock Plus. (There's probably no reason that the core script [2] couldn't be adapted into a userscript for Tampermonkey/Greasemonkey/etc. if he isn't considered trusted.) It does currently have a problem on Firefox for Android where a long-press on a link doesn't trigger the tracking removal. [3]
[1]: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/google-search...
[2]: https://github.com/palant/searchlinkfix/blob/master/data/con...
[3]: https://github.com/palant/searchlinkfix/issues/71
In Firefox ProfilemakerUndirect [1] (for Chrome) and Google search link fix (for Firefox) [2] can help with that.
[1] https://github.com/xwipeoutx/undirect
[2] https://github.com/palant/searchlinkfix
In DuckDuckGo Raises $10MI've been using "Google Search Link Fix" with Firefox (for a long time) to get the direct links on search results. [1]
[1]: https://github.com/palant/searchlinkfix
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