Hyperlinks appearing when using Safari

When using Safari on my laptop or iPhone, there appear to be links automatically inserted into words like Amazon, Walmart, eBay. For example in this thread.

Is this something MR is doing? If so I find it extremely tacky. If it isn't something MR is doing, does anyone know how to get rid of this phenomenon?

I'm going to guess this has something to do with MR using SkimLinks.

smithrh said:

The links don't appear if you use extensions which can't be talked about here.

Enable those un-named extensions, and the links go bye-bye.

I agree, tacky on MR's part.

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Yes, I discovered that. Nothing much to do on the iPhone though if I want to continue to use the default browser.

As a contributing member, is it possible to turn this off?

BasicGreatGuy said:

Unless the Skimlinks mod is modified, it can't be turned off by members on an individual basis. This may not be an issue once the forum upgrade is done. I don't recall this mod being available for the new software.

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Hmmm, okay. This must be a relatively new 'enhancement' as I browse the MR forums from my phone regularly, and I only just noticed these links being inserted.

I'll just reiterate that I think this 'enhancement' is tacky, distracting, and really degrades the experience.

annk said:

WildCowboy is checking with arn and the developers about this. I remember it happening once previously, as well.

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WildCowboy said:

This should be turned off now.

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I'm delighted to hear that it was unintentional. Cheers!