Interstellar_1@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 days agoGumroad PSAlemmy.blahaj.zoneimagemessage-square61fedilinkarrow-up1705arrow-down123file-text
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minus-squareEcho Dot@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-29 days agoYou probably also need to clear your cookies as well. I can’t really see this being done only via GET
minus-squareVoroxpete@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·8 days agoYeah, I cannot imagine any reason they wouldn’t use cookies to track this. The moment you arrive via an affiliate link they’re going to know that that’s how you got to the site for that session.
minus-squaresugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·8 days agoThat’s not going to work for links sent by text or whatever.
minus-squareivn@jlai.lulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 days agoHow do you think that would work? Like the site with the affiliate link should drop a third party cookie for gumroad? That’s a pretty big requirement.
minus-squarePoolloverNathan@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 days agoWhen you go to the website, it can save that cookie for the session, even if you later remove the parameter.
minus-squareivn@jlai.lulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 days agoI don’t understand. Cookies and request method are two different things. You can set cookies on GET.
You probably also need to clear your cookies as well. I can’t really see this being done only via GET
Yeah, I cannot imagine any reason they wouldn’t use cookies to track this. The moment you arrive via an affiliate link they’re going to know that that’s how you got to the site for that session.
That’s not going to work for links sent by text or whatever.
How do you think that would work? Like the site with the affiliate link should drop a third party cookie for gumroad? That’s a pretty big requirement.
When you go to the website, it can save that cookie for the session, even if you later remove the parameter.
I don’t understand. Cookies and request method are two different things. You can set cookies on GET.