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Thats why I instantly put these links into a service like https://unshorten.me/ and then send/open them.

I use urlchecker [0] for this on my phone and have it set as my" browser" that way, every link i click on, I see a popup with the link and with one or two button presses I can remove the tracking parameters and/or unshorten it and then open it. Works like a charm. May be to much friction for some, but I like it.

[0] https://www.f-droid.org/de/packages/com.trianguloy.urlchecke...



This works only if they implement it via HTTP redirect. If the backend does the tracking and then just loads the content, then the client is none the wiser.


I don't think this will work on those TikTok links though?


Don't use TikTok, so can't say, but never had an Issue with these types of tracking links.




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