>stripping them away offer no privacy benefit whatsoever.
If marketing company derive value off of tracking a user then yes there clearly is a privacy value of stripping UTM from a url. You needn't be that creative to think of an example.
client: "Hi I'd like to see what sort of flights you have available."
"Hmm ok I see that you're linked to us from WealthyPeople.com, guess I'll mark up your ticket price"
There are certainly are markets that open up when users allow themselves to be tracked but allowing users to consent to being surveilled is a fundamental right.
The right to privacy is the right to be left alone.
If marketing company derive value off of tracking a user then yes there clearly is a privacy value of stripping UTM from a url. You needn't be that creative to think of an example.
client: "Hi I'd like to see what sort of flights you have available."
"Hmm ok I see that you're linked to us from WealthyPeople.com, guess I'll mark up your ticket price"
There are certainly are markets that open up when users allow themselves to be tracked but allowing users to consent to being surveilled is a fundamental right.
The right to privacy is the right to be left alone.