There are many URLs that require parameters to load a resource (and aren’t necessarily tracking anything). With YouTube’s non-shortened links (for example), the video ID is after the ?, but is usually (but not always) immediately after.
This: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
Can be shortened to: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
But no shorter.
(actually, you can remove the www. but that’s not relevant for illustrating my point)
LOL: thank you Voyager or Lemmy.world for stripping it even from my inline code.
So annoying to always have to find out how far you can trim a URL before it breaks.
Might be able to use a Redirect Checker, like:
Redirect-Checker.org
or
WhereGoes.com
Wonder if this helps with TikTok who has these custom URLs that don’t have parameters, just creepy personalized ones
Typically anything after the “?”. That’s where the parameters live. There are always exceptions.
There are many URLs that require parameters to load a resource (and aren’t necessarily tracking anything). With YouTube’s non-shortened links (for example), the video ID is after the
?, but is usually (but not always) immediately after.This:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQCan be shortened to:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQBut no shorter.
(actually, you can remove the
www.but that’s not relevant for illustrating my point)LOL: thank you Voyager or Lemmy.world for stripping it even from my inline code.
Here’s what I was trying to post:
Nice try.
I mean that’s part of the fun of surfing the web, you get to play a fun puzzle game of “How to Lobotomize a URL”
Happy cake day
There should be an extension that does this
uBlock Origin with the appropriate filter list will do it for you, like this one: https://github.com/DandelionSprout/adfilt/blob/master/LegitimateURLShortener.txt
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/clearurls/