<![CDATA[You REALLY should remove the tracking codes from Youtube links now.]]>You REALLY should remove the tracking codes from Youtube links now.

They started showing a popup about who sent the link and offering a (maybe new) DM feature, potentially revealing your personal account name to anyone who opens the link.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/71136c44-51fd-4acc-b746-ef13a1dddf55/you-really-should-remove-the-tracking-codes-from-youtube-links-now.RSS for NodeMon, 25 May 2026 06:56:03 GMTSat, 16 May 2026 09:53:57 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to You REALLY should remove the tracking codes from Youtube links now. on Sat, 16 May 2026 22:01:14 GMT]]>@aesthr

Let apple know so YouTube doesn't?

great

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/kevinrns/statuses/116586504164686711https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/kevinrns/statuses/116586504164686711Sat, 16 May 2026 22:01:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to You REALLY should remove the tracking codes from Youtube links now. on Sat, 16 May 2026 21:22:04 GMT]]>@aesthr wellp, I had a feeling something like this was coming

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://plush.city/users/fluffy/statuses/116586350173190890https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://plush.city/users/fluffy/statuses/116586350173190890Sat, 16 May 2026 21:22:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to You REALLY should remove the tracking codes from Youtube links now. on Sat, 16 May 2026 21:11:06 GMT]]>@aesthr Delete everything after the question mark.

Other sites do the same. When I used Instagram, I would trim that crap off as well.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://kind.social/users/retrosponge/statuses/116586307036485568https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://kind.social/users/retrosponge/statuses/116586307036485568Sat, 16 May 2026 21:11:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to You REALLY should remove the tracking codes from Youtube links now. on Sat, 16 May 2026 20:12:20 GMT]]>@elfin @aesthr

Oh, they just took a step further from the tracking link and now making it obviously awful.

At some point, I might just go straight back to copying from the search bar, even though I use extensively a temporary playlist to curate what I watch from what I noticed I want to watch.

I think in some ways this is how I keep the algorithm a little bit more my bitch

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://masto.ai/users/GhostOnTheHalfShell/statuses/116586075927475265https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://masto.ai/users/GhostOnTheHalfShell/statuses/116586075927475265Sat, 16 May 2026 20:12:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to You REALLY should remove the tracking codes from Youtube links now. on Sat, 16 May 2026 20:08:59 GMT]]>@aesthr thankfully I’ve been in the habit of doing that to every YouTube. I post here..

There are two ways ago about it the way you suggest of removing everything from the question mark to the right.

You can copy the share link and then actually post it in a browser tab to get rid of the nonsense, or you can just copy the link from the search bar

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://masto.ai/users/GhostOnTheHalfShell/statuses/116586062806488251https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://masto.ai/users/GhostOnTheHalfShell/statuses/116586062806488251Sat, 16 May 2026 20:08:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to You REALLY should remove the tracking codes from Youtube links now. on Sat, 16 May 2026 19:18:05 GMT]]>@aesthr What New, Fresh Hell is this?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/elfin/statuses/116585862639282273https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/elfin/statuses/116585862639282273Sat, 16 May 2026 19:18:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to You REALLY should remove the tracking codes from Youtube links now. on Sat, 16 May 2026 18:55:03 GMT]]>@aesthr it's the same with Spotify. They used this to create chat history back to 2021 for me.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.tchncs.de/users/C3nC3/statuses/116585772080651515https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.tchncs.de/users/C3nC3/statuses/116585772080651515Sat, 16 May 2026 18:55:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to You REALLY should remove the tracking codes from Youtube links now. on Sat, 16 May 2026 18:29:11 GMT]]>@janriemer @eggg yes, YT has some A/B testing features like that

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://wandering.shop/users/aesthr/statuses/116585670318863798https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://wandering.shop/users/aesthr/statuses/116585670318863798Sat, 16 May 2026 18:29:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to You REALLY should remove the tracking codes from Youtube links now. on Sat, 16 May 2026 18:26:37 GMT]]>@janriemer i wondered why the same video was showing different titles on different devices

@eggg @aesthr

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/bweller/statuses/116585660283809457https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/bweller/statuses/116585660283809457Sat, 16 May 2026 18:26:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to You REALLY should remove the tracking codes from Youtube links now. on Sat, 16 May 2026 18:06:33 GMT]]>@aesthr
YouTube is evil incarnate if you take the time to look at it.
Bong hits 4 Jesus.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://beige.party/users/Guillotine_Jones/statuses/116585581316394927https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://beige.party/users/Guillotine_Jones/statuses/116585581316394927Sat, 16 May 2026 18:06:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to You REALLY should remove the tracking codes from Youtube links now. on Sat, 16 May 2026 17:56:01 GMT]]>@raymaccarthy @barryallen2023 @joknopp @aesthr

Agree on the "no FB" in theory. All my
content save 6 neutral posts 5 non-face photos are gone. But small town living = In practice, everyone coordinates school, small biz, kid sports, etc. on FB.

Cue meme of The Grinch: Hate, hate, detest, LOATHE. 👎 May Zuck get a nice case of itchy crabs for playing the long game to force that nonsense.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/SlangC5326/statuses/116585539949946593https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/SlangC5326/statuses/116585539949946593Sat, 16 May 2026 17:56:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to You REALLY should remove the tracking codes from Youtube links now. on Sat, 16 May 2026 17:38:19 GMT]]>@aesthr @jcdvore I have been doing this religiously every time I share a link. I wish everyone would.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.world/users/mlanger/statuses/116585470341454610https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.world/users/mlanger/statuses/116585470341454610Sat, 16 May 2026 17:38:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to You REALLY should remove the tracking codes from Youtube links now. on Sat, 16 May 2026 16:53:32 GMT]]>@risc @sanityinc @eggg @aesthr I've seen the &si= parameters already for a few months now, but the &is= is news to me. However they also add &pp= to search result URLs, which seems to be a similar thing (at least it can safely be removed without influencing the content)

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://chaos.social/users/daniel_bohrer/statuses/116585294222331427https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://chaos.social/users/daniel_bohrer/statuses/116585294222331427Sat, 16 May 2026 16:53:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to You REALLY should remove the tracking codes from Youtube links now. on Sat, 16 May 2026 16:25:49 GMT]]>@aesthr
Thanks for the reminder. I forgot to do this the other day.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://ohai.social/users/shansterable/statuses/116585185236289940https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://ohai.social/users/shansterable/statuses/116585185236289940Sat, 16 May 2026 16:25:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to You REALLY should remove the tracking codes from Youtube links now. on Sat, 16 May 2026 16:23:25 GMT]]>@aesthr ah. a little bit of shit here, and little bit shit there.

I use invidious. Fuck google

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://antisocial.ly/users/primalmotion/statuses/116585175834768078https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://antisocial.ly/users/primalmotion/statuses/116585175834768078Sat, 16 May 2026 16:23:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to You REALLY should remove the tracking codes from Youtube links now. on Sat, 16 May 2026 16:08:00 GMT]]>@aesthr It's one of many reasons I hate alpha and tossed my gmail account over 15 years ago. I don't trust it.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116584758053727639/statuses/116585115171126811https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116584758053727639/statuses/116585115171126811Sat, 16 May 2026 16:08:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to You REALLY should remove the tracking codes from Youtube links now. on Sat, 16 May 2026 15:50:30 GMT]]>@aesthr
@Lazarou

Thank you

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://masto.ai/ap/users/116575743837323843/statuses/116585046361936607https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://masto.ai/ap/users/116575743837323843/statuses/116585046361936607Sat, 16 May 2026 15:50:30 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to You REALLY should remove the tracking codes from Youtube links now. on Sat, 16 May 2026 15:46:54 GMT]]>@aesthr there's a Firefox Addon I use for it called clear URLs or something like that

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://beige.party/users/gildilinie/statuses/116585032242313633https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://beige.party/users/gildilinie/statuses/116585032242313633Sat, 16 May 2026 15:46:54 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to You REALLY should remove the tracking codes from Youtube links now. on Sat, 16 May 2026 15:43:25 GMT]]>@aesthr
Dont remove the `?watch={YouTube_Id}` or the `list={YouTube_Id}` if that is what you want.

Ideally remove youtube

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://pouet.chapril.org/users/dallo/statuses/116585018492798755https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://pouet.chapril.org/users/dallo/statuses/116585018492798755Sat, 16 May 2026 15:43:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to You REALLY should remove the tracking codes from Youtube links now. on Sat, 16 May 2026 15:41:23 GMT]]>@aesthr I just put that shortcut menu on my Mac with the Clean URL Clipboard to paste and it returns great, without the tracking. My test is below, audio for Ren and Chris Webby Inpatient--Neurodivergent. Darn catchy recent tune. I want to play it often.
Ren:
https://youtu.be/CNGcF7T9D3w

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://beige.party/users/cobalt123/statuses/116585010505740844https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://beige.party/users/cobalt123/statuses/116585010505740844Sat, 16 May 2026 15:41:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to You REALLY should remove the tracking codes from Youtube links now. on Sat, 16 May 2026 14:53:58 GMT]]>@91749101847199 @joknopp @aesthr good to know, thanks for sharing.

Its definitely one of those things I use, but don't closely follow.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.brycedixon.dev/users/bryce/statuses/116584824089389852https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.brycedixon.dev/users/bryce/statuses/116584824089389852Sat, 16 May 2026 14:53:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to You REALLY should remove the tracking codes from Youtube links now. on Sat, 16 May 2026 14:49:22 GMT]]>@bryce @joknopp @aesthr
https://morphe.software/
Revanced got a little scummy, some of the devs left and made morphe. That's one of my favorite pieces of software

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116387714109786608/statuses/116584805976893522https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116387714109786608/statuses/116584805976893522Sat, 16 May 2026 14:49:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to You REALLY should remove the tracking codes from Youtube links now. on Sat, 16 May 2026 14:41:47 GMT]]>@aesthr

Damn, something else for #TidySearch to strip  from links 🤬

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://beamship.mpaq.org/users/bob/statuses/01KRRKRYG9TSPABPRFZ1299J5Jhttps://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://beamship.mpaq.org/users/bob/statuses/01KRRKRYG9TSPABPRFZ1299J5JSat, 16 May 2026 14:41:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to You REALLY should remove the tracking codes from Youtube links now. on Sat, 16 May 2026 14:39:49 GMT]]>@aesthr I was just about to post mine when I saw this — this is good but removes everything after a question mark, which might be necessary for some kinds of URLs.

I have one that just removes a set of known tracking parameters from the query string:

Shortcuts

favicon

(www.icloud.com)

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.coop/users/jsit/statuses/116584768465174214https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.coop/users/jsit/statuses/116584768465174214Sat, 16 May 2026 14:39:49 GMT