Pro tip: clean YouTube links. When you get a link from YT, it includes an ID tracking back to YOU. It's a "query string" on the end of the URL like this:

...?si=[tracker_ID_here]

This ID allows YouTube (and their owner, Google, and *their* owner, Alphabet, and ALL of their associates) to track the people who click on the link, and the apps they used, back to you, building a network of none-of-their-business.

Good news: DELETE the "?si=..." part & the link works just fine without the tracking.

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@VisualStuart @deuts Try using yewtu.be/ also for cleaner YouTube pages...

Cleans YTb links and has less Google-isms like that... (filters and cleans code from pages)

Works with channels, playlists etc, e.g.

yewtu.be/channel/UCFLFc8Lpbwt4

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