You REALLY should remove the tracking codes from Youtube links now.

[sheamuspatt@mstdn.ca]

@aesthr If you're on Desktop and use Firefox, it's simple. There's a "Copy Clean Link" command to copy a link without the tracking parameters.
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enhanced-tracking-protection-firefox-desktop#w_copy-clean-link

[janriemer@floss.social]

@tay Yes, exactly this! Thank you for the link.

@eggg @aesthr

[tpaau17db@mastodon.social]

@aesthr That might actually motivate some people to remove them from their URLs

[maddiem4@raphus.social]

@aesthr been removing these for probably a year now out of a sense of resistance and care for my people. I always figured that ceding this usage information would be a visible problem eventually, and an invisible one before that.

[sonjdol@ohai.social]

@aesthr it's what they already do with insta and Tiktok links

[glitc_@corteximplant.com]

@aesthr afaik it's similar to tiktok and instagram. Another brick in the walled garden slash surveillance capitalism nightmare.

[walruths@mastodon.social]

@aesthr

On that note -delete your google account.

[berniedoesit@mstdn.social]

@aesthr Oh wow, do not want!

[leanderlindahl@social.folkdata.se]

@aesthr maybe stop using surveillance tech, if you want to avoid surveillance. YouTube is not a public utility. It a money making machine for Trump donors.

[jernej__s@infosec.exchange]

@aesthr On Windows I'm using Clipboard Fusion and set up rules to clean up the stuff I copy, including cleaning up all unnecessary Youtube parameters.

[leanderlindahl@social.folkdata.se]

@raymaccarthy @SlangC5326 @barryallen2023 @joknopp @aesthr

[frssoft@social.criminallycute.fi]

@aesthr@wandering.shop
any opensource alternatives?
@jernej__s@infosec.exchange

[sodiboo@gaysex.cloud]

@aesthr@wandering.shop on Android, there's LinkSheet which impmements ClearURLs

for YouTube specifically, it's pretty easy to install ReVanced, which will "Sanitize sharing links" among other things such as removing ads and integrating SponsorBlock.

[jernej__s@infosec.exchange]

@frssoft @aesthr No idea, and while I have the Pro version, I think macros work even in the free one.

[tantramar@zeroes.ca]

@aesthr @JoBlakely
@ttscoff made a little app for iOS called Clean Links and, while it hasn’t been updated in more than a decade, I still use it every day. https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/clean-links/id623671942

[jsit@social.coop]

@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

(www.icloud.com)

[bob@beamship.mpaq.org]

@aesthr

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

[91749101847199@mastodon.social]

@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

[bryce@mastodon.brycedixon.dev]

@91749101847199 @joknopp @aesthr good to know, thanks for sharing.

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

[cobalt123@beige.party]

@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 #ND #Neurodivergent
Ren:
https://youtu.be/CNGcF7T9D3w