Placemark is now open source

#1

Post by lbutler » Sat, Jan 20, 2024, 8:45 PM UTC

Placemark is now open source
macwright.com

Re: Placemark is now open source

#2

Post by dartos » Sat, Jan 20, 2024, 8:47 PM UTC

Redirects to google?

Re: Placemark is now open source

#3

Post by daenney » Sat, Jan 20, 2024, 8:59 PM UTC

dartos wrote: post #2

Redirects to google?

Yes. In their JS, they check if you're coming from HN:

      if (document.referrer) {
        const ref = new URL(document.referrer);
        if (ref.host === 'news.ycombinator.com') {
          window.location.href = 'https://google.com/';
        }
      }

You can copy-paste the link instead and it loads as expected.

Re: Placemark is now open source

#4

Post by josephcsible » Sun, Jan 21, 2024, 6:27 AM UTC

daenney wrote: post #3

dartos wrote: post #2

Redirects to google?

Yes. In their JS, they check if you're coming from HN: if (document.referrer) { const ref = new URL(document.referrer); if (ref.host === 'news.ycombinator.com') { window.location.href = 'https://google.com/'; } } You can copy-paste the link instead and it loads as expected.

I remember back in https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36277779 that all links became rel=noreferrer, specifically to combat this sort of abuse. I guess that got reverted at some point, but I can't find any posts talking about when or why.