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Right, but nothing prevents YouTube to get rid of public video IDs and simply share an opaque version of (user, video) whenever possible. It'd be awful, but Go
by dietr1ch 3y ago
Right, but nothing prevents YouTube to get rid of public video IDs and simply share an opaque version of (user, video) whenever possible.
It'd be awful, but Google nowadays is willing to do shitty stuff like this and atrocious stuff like engage with the military too (because obviously the only flaw of project maven was being discovered)
- chimeracoder 3y ago> Right, but nothing prevents YouTube to get rid of public video IDs and simply share an opaque version of (user, video) whenever possible. Instagram and TikTok have already been doing this for years.
- nerdponx 3y agoIf it's any consolation, Spotify has kept the old system.
- vladxyz 3y agoReddit has started to as well. Their app generates /s/ links which annoyingly require you to be logged in to resolve.
- dpig_ 3y agoAnother pattern that I hate is that Reddit will create an account for you if you are using a browser profile that does not have an associated Reddit account. It will then prompt you to 'personalise' the username and password.
- PawgerZ 3y agoI wonder if that factors into the # of accounts for their planned IPO. Does this also include new prive browsing sessions?
- murphyslab 3y agoIt's not just a tracking tag on Reddit; the shared links largely obfuscate the thread or comment, requiring one to go through the tracking link to find out what is behind it. An example for anyone curious: Tracking /s/ link: https://www.reddit.com/r/Blind/s/xxQGmFcPSS https://www.reddit.com/r/Blind/s/xxQGmFcPSS Leads to the following: https://www.reddit.com/r/Blind/comments/17atlg7/my_6_week_old_daughter_is_visually_impaired_to/k5f8tbf/?context=3 https://www.reddit.com/r/Blind/comments/17atlg7/my_6_week_ol...
- type0 3y agoThey might start giving us personalized hash URLs in the future, that would be akin to MIC (yellow tracking dots) on printers