It's your unique tracking code. If I click that link, Google will know you shared a video with me. They want to know who's talking to who on other platforms.

[-] Infynis@midwest.social 1 points 1 month ago

Is there a way to avoid that? I didn't post the clip, so I can't re-upload it somewhere else. Logging out of YouTube doesn't seem to make a difference

[-] MindTraveller@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Remove the ?si= part and the code afterwards

[-] Infynis@midwest.social 1 points 1 month ago

Done, thanks!

[-] bleistift2@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 month ago

Firefox has a context menu entry “copy link without tracking” when you right-click in the address bar.

[-] dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

Eh, I'm used to it.

this post was submitted on 04 Aug 2024

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