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 4 months ago (1 children)

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 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Remove the ?si= part and the code afterwards

[–] Infynis@midwest.social 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Done, thanks!

[–] bleistift2@sopuli.xyz 2 points 4 months ago

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