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Google client parameter removed when allow referral marketing enabled
The client parameter on Google searches is currently removed by ClearURLs, even when the Allow referral marketing preference is enabled. For example:
https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=query
Becomes:
https://www.google.com/search?q=query
My understanding is that this is an affiliate tag that generates revenue for Mozilla. It should arguably be exempt when this preference is set.
I also noticed that Google started returning 502s whenever the client tag is stripped. Disabling ClearURLs fixes the issue.