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[โ€“] Absaroka@lemmy.world 29 points 1 week ago (12 children)

Anybody know what the real reason for this is?

All websites can track how often a link is clicked, and what the link is, and who clicked it (especially if you have an account).

[โ€“] 4am@lemm.ee 5 points 1 week ago

Not sure why they have it go through a redirect like that; you can just trap click events and do whatever with them, including sending tracking info back before sending the user to the new page.

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