# Is there any way to directly copy a URL with Chrome or other browsers?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 12, 2020, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-way-to-directly-copy-a-url-with-chrome-or-other-browsers/927897 "2020-12-12T15:43:24Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 12, 2020, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-way-to-directly-copy-a-url-with-chrome-or-other-browsers/927897/21 "2020-12-12T22:52:42Z")

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The share button works really well.

It sometimes copies the Google Amp link instead of the actual web site link. That’s fine if your sending a link to a friend.

I used it on message boards and got criticism. Some members don’t like Google Amp Links. It’s another opportunity for Google to track people.

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**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2020, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-way-to-directly-copy-a-url-with-chrome-or-other-browsers/927897/22 "2020-12-13T00:21:40Z")

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I don’t like Google Amp links because they frequently crash browsers (mobile and desktop) and on my phone it screws up my ability to navigate; it often interprets an attempt to move a zoomed-in page horizontally as an attempt to view another article, and I sometimes can’t swipe left to go to my previous page because that takes me to another article.

So many times I find a Reddit discussion on Google and want to respond then realize I can’t because Amp broke it, so I have to view the “real” page (which takes extra steps).

I’ve also noticed that a page with ads seems to have more ads when viewing through Amp. It seems objectively bad to me.

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