Avid Amoeba@lemmy.ca to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · edit-23 days agohol' uplemmy.caimagemessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up1222file-text
arrow-up1222imagehol' uplemmy.caAvid Amoeba@lemmy.ca to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · edit-23 days agomessage-square20fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareEmpathicVagrant@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 days agoI forget, where do you cut a link to remove the tracked bit?
minus-squareover_clox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-23 days agoThat partly depends on the site, but to keep it simple, if you’re on Android, I highly recommend Léon URL cleaner app. But I’ll use two different forms of a YouTube link as examples of how it can be both simple and confusing… https://youtu.be/LGe3zC6_iro ?si=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGe3zC6_iro You see that ?si=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx shit, yeah that’s their tracking data…
minus-squarezedgeist@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·3 days agoBasically, anything after the ?, unless there are search terms in there
I forget, where do you cut a link to remove the tracked bit?
That partly depends on the site, but to keep it simple, if you’re on Android, I highly recommend Léon URL cleaner app.
But I’ll use two different forms of a YouTube link as examples of how it can be both simple and confusing…
You see that ?si=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx shit, yeah that’s their tracking data…
Basically, anything after the ?, unless there are search terms in there