Is there a good eli5 on this. There is a lot here to understand and unpack and i need to be better educated. I think in the end it's a holy war but don't want to make improper assumptions.
Ryan McBeth has done a fairly succinct video on it.
It's very high level and skips a lot of nuance, but you get the idea.
Just fyi, if you're interested in anonymity always strip the ?=si parameter from any YouTube url you share. "si" stands for source identifier, it is there for invasive tracking purposes, and because you posted this now your YouTube ID is linked with your fluke@lemmy.world account.
It's easy to strip, and you can strip it even when the rest of the url is shortened by simply removing everything after and including the question mark:
If there are other parameters like a time mark, just strip the part that involves the si=, leaving the t= info, and the remaining url will still work fine.
Just so you know. I did not click on it as you had it; I copied and stripped it before pasting because fuck Google, but go ahead and edit your post now if you care about not having your social media accounts linked to each other.
Is there a good eli5 on this. There is a lot here to understand and unpack and i need to be better educated. I think in the end it's a holy war but don't want to make improper assumptions.
Ryan McBeth has done a fairly succinct video on it.
It's very high level and skips a lot of nuance, but you get the idea.
https://youtu.be/Azs7As3MYFU?si=UrUGjWbh1tpyNM5J
Just fyi, if you're interested in anonymity always strip the ?=si parameter from any YouTube url you share. "si" stands for source identifier, it is there for invasive tracking purposes, and because you posted this now your YouTube ID is linked with your fluke@lemmy.world account.
It's easy to strip, and you can strip it even when the rest of the url is shortened by simply removing everything after and including the question mark:
https://youtu.be/Azs7As3MYFU
If there are other parameters like a time mark, just strip the part that involves the si=, leaving the t= info, and the remaining url will still work fine.
Just so you know. I did not click on it as you had it; I copied and stripped it before pasting because fuck Google, but go ahead and edit your post now if you care about not having your social media accounts linked to each other.
Awesome PSA, thank you! :)