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Maybe I haven't been paying attention, but I've never had a site attach extra text to copied text like this site does. I wanted to see what the test machine's case looks like, so I copied the make and model and pasted it into a search bar, and got "Read more:" and a link to the page along with the text I wanted to copy.

No thanks. I'll be skipping that site in the future, unless that javascript comes from a place I can easily block with pi-hole.

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    document.addEventListener('copy', (event)=>{
        const pagelink = `\n\nRead more: ${document.location.href}`;
        event.clipboardData.setData('text', document.getSelection() + pagelink);
        event.preventDefault();
    })

To prevent this make a custom extension

     "run_at": "document_start"

and inject

    window.addEventListener('copy', e => e.stopImmediatePropagation(), true);

alternatively use for example https://www.tampermonkey.net with

    Experimental Inject Mode: Instant

to inject your pacifying script.

>unless that javascript comes from a place I can easily block with pi-hole.

Why on earth are you you blocking javascript using dns? Shouldn't you be doing it via the browser (via addons or site preferences)?

Maybe he is on phone?

You can probably just block JavaScript entirely for a site like this. I doubt it depends on it. But I agree that adding text to copied text is really irritating.

Images doesn't load on mobile brave if javascript is blocked.

It's when marketing folks create tasks without any user research.

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