Max Nikulin <[email protected]> writes:

>>> I do not think it is a good idea to use alternative front-ends as href
>>> attribute in HTML as it is fetched from web server. E.g.
>>> <https://github.com/alphapapa/org-ql> identify specific resource. It is
>>> up to users to install a browser extension that redirects some requests
>>> to alternative sites they prefer and they trust. [...]
>> 
>> Do you have ideas how to implement what you propose?
>
> <https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Add-ons/WebExtensions/API/declarativeNetRequest/Redirect>
> <https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Add-ons/WebExtensions/API/declarativeNetRequest>

This would require add-on. What I meant to ask is a way to implement
what you propose on WORG website side.

>> FSF policy is very specific about linking to websites that require
>> non-free JS:
>
> I do not have a silver bullet to solve issues with current web. I just 
> think that following options are bad: avoiding links to popular sites 
> (or citing them without active links), using transient links instead of 
> well known URLs (even if I do not like general policy or specific 
> actions of owners or developers of some site). That is why I believe 
> that a site that do not have restrictions imposed by FSF may be a better 
> option (more friendly to users).

Maybe. Note that Org does not have to follow GNU package
requirements. Org mode is not a GNU package after all.
But it is still a good idea to try our best and see if it is feasible.

What about providing JS-free link as an additional alternative; not
fully replacing the original youtube/reddit/github link?

> P.S. E.g. Org and Markdown out of the box do not have means to mark 
> links so that they should not increase rank of target pages. (For me 
> content of a page usually is more important than the site where it is 
> published to decide if special attributes should be applied to the link.)

Sorry, I have no idea what you are talking about.

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