• VeganCheesecake@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      Why use a Google link shortener with tracking, instead of linking to the Hollywood reporters site directly.

      Or, more to the point, why use a Google app that replaces links you want to share with redirects?

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        I’ll be honest, I’m not very tech savvy. I thought, going to the website (using my phone) and using the share/copy link option was good enough. If you let me know how to avoid these inconveniences, I’ll implement such an approach next time.

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          Depends on your process. Are you using the Google (Search) App? I don’t think you can turn that off in there. I’d take a look at using a different Browser. If you’re on iOS, Safari is probably fine, if you’re on Android, I’d think about using Firefox (Google Play), or if you’re feeling daring, Fennec, a more privacy focused version of Firefox (F-droid).

          The UX will be different, and you gotta decide whether you’re fine with that, but at least those won’t change the links you’re trying to share.

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            Thanks for the information. I’m browsing Lemmy using Sync on my android phone and I’ll browse articles sometimes using duckduckgo, mozilla, or Google search app