Yeah I do not see an alternative way to easily copy paste links with things like filter settings saved.
replyFilters especially make sense as query params as they are non sequential but still visually readable as to what they do.
URL slugs make sense for sequential pages that are hierarchical but make no sense for non hierarchical data/routes.
Services can force tracking into links by encoding the whole url into a shortlink that makes it impossible to just remove the tracking alone as everything is encoded into a shorter non editable string.
Thank you for explaining to me that query parameters can be used for other purposes apart from tracking. The articles in question though, are railing against query parameters being abused for tracking purposes - passing referers (sic) and UTM by adding them to URLs of sites that neither process them, nor want them.
replyReferral query strings are not for tracking though. The person putting them on the links gets nothing out of them. There is no PII being shared. They are purely added out of courtesy.
replyIf I am handing out maps to your address, letting people know who is publishing the map is generally a good thing.
This is like saying having a return to sender address on mail is an invasion of privacy.