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interestingly, this is because of mobile apps. I used the share function in the youtube app, coupled with the "copy link" intent on android that pops up. This i
by sandGorgon 10y ago
interestingly, this is because of mobile apps. I used the share function in the youtube app, coupled with the "copy link" intent on android that pops up. This is the link that was given to me and i pasted it here.
On a mobile device using a native app, it is quite hard/impossible to get a different url. Could you whitelist the youtu.be url ? because I'm guessing this will start to happen more frequently.
- throw_away 10y agoOr, perhaps hn could just auto-dereference the links to a whitelist of the most popular shorteners & then everyone can be happy?
- sctb 10y agoThanks, that's a good idea that has come up before. We've got it on our list to look at.
- jimminy 10y agoPart of the reason Youtube provides the youtu.be link is that their systems disambiguate between mobile and desktop websites. Mobile versions have the 'm.' subdomain, and provide a less optimized experience for desktop. I would also argue that the youtu.be link is a canonical form, since the identifiers are identical to the source. It is just an optimized canonical proxy.