@garyackerman YouTube links done better are using a filter link like Invidious has which is the video but pre-filters the exact same video page to filter out the bad stuff.
Invidious gives you the video page link back with no adverts ⛔ and heavily reduces bad code 📋 / tracking 🔭 / data mining ⛏️
---> HOW?
Take the usual YouTube link and instead add Invidious url, e.g.
1. Take any YouTube link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THEVIDEOCODE <----the Video ID is always here
2. And just use this link below changing it to your intended Video ID (v=123456789)
e.g. paste this: https://invidious.jing.rocks/watch?v=P7NHABs76mg
Optionally you want to check out all the other servers in the world which offer the same #Invidious code to filter pages then use this URL instead and again change the video ID:
https://redirect.invidious.io/watch?v=P7NHABs76mg <----just paste you video here or use this like to search like your would on YouTube
(see @invidious team for more info)