Review by h0nd
Rated 5 out of 5
by h0nd, 4 years agoId expect the tracking elements of this URL to be removed by this extension:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/clearurls/?utm_source=addons.mozilla.org&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=featured
and change to:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/clearurls/
But it did not happen with this extension installed.
Same with following URL:
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/get-started-firefox-overview-main-features?utm_source=desktop-snippet&utm_medium=snippet&utm_campaign=f100_week1_SUMOmainfeatures&utm_term=20603&utm_content=rel
Maybe I misunderstood or didnt configure correctly. idk.
edit: Dear Kevin R./developer, thank you for taking the time for this very well explanatory reply. since this issue was due to the browser itself, i changed the rating accordingly. thank you again!
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/clearurls/?utm_source=addons.mozilla.org&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=featured
and change to:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/clearurls/
But it did not happen with this extension installed.
Same with following URL:
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/get-started-firefox-overview-main-features?utm_source=desktop-snippet&utm_medium=snippet&utm_campaign=f100_week1_SUMOmainfeatures&utm_term=20603&utm_content=rel
Maybe I misunderstood or didnt configure correctly. idk.
edit: Dear Kevin R./developer, thank you for taking the time for this very well explanatory reply. since this issue was due to the browser itself, i changed the rating accordingly. thank you again!
Developer response
posted 4 years agoHi, thank you for your feedback. You have understood the addon correctly. Actually, these tracking elements should be removed - and they usually are. However, there are technical restrictions from Mozilla for all URLs that belong to Mozilla/Firefox such as mozilla.com. These URLs must not and cannot be modified by any addon, so ClearURLs does not work on Mozilla/Firefox websites, but this is true for all addons.
You can deactivate these restrictions if you remove the affected URLs in the "about:config" from the "extensions.webextensions.restrictedDomains" setting.
You can deactivate these restrictions if you remove the affected URLs in the "about:config" from the "extensions.webextensions.restrictedDomains" setting.