URL constructor not spec compliant

[Upsilon-Iridani]

Description

When supplying the URL constructor with a second argument, 'base', paths aren't resolved correctly. see https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/URL/URL#base

The error is visible here: https://github.com/facebook/react-native/blob/900b625ee910cde61f9170e752020e974396aaae/packages/react-native/Libraries/Blob/URL.js#L80-L107

Steps to reproduce

console.log(new URL('/absolute/path', 'https://example.com/base-url/').href);
// prints:       https://example.com/base-url/absolute/path
// expected:     https://example.com/absolute/path

React Native Version

0.73

Affected Platforms

Runtime - iOS

Output of npx @react-native-community/cli info

N/A

Stacktrace or Logs

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Reproducer

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Screenshots and Videos

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[cipolleschi]

@Upsilon-Iridani 0.73 is out of support and it won't receive any further updates. The oldest supported version right now is 0.76. Can you check if the problem persists there as well?

[Upsilon-Iridani]

I could only reproduce it in a snack by selecting expo 0.49, so it might already be solved. Then the code I linked in the issue should probably be deleted, as it appears dead/unused.

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