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  • fundmecfs@quokk.auF [email protected]
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    The only way to be safe and private online is to not be online.

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    • K [email protected]

      If you're still using firefox, right click -> copy clean link. works most of the time.

      edit: on desktop, idk if mobile supports it or not. Good suggestions below though for mobile.

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      I just searched and found this one:

      https://linkcleaner.app/

      The code is open source, and it supports several ways to install it on your device (PWA, shortcut, bookmarklet, and more).

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        Even better: PeerTube or InternetArchive or (Web)Torrents but definitely not a Google website fueled by surveillance capitalism.

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        #110

        Call me back when the experience as a content creator is not a nightmare, the experience as a user browsing for content is not a nightmare, when it can handle the load of an even moderately popular video.

        The issue with streaming video online is not a technical one; making a "clone" of youtube, anyone can do so (and indeed, peertube exists). The issue with streaming video online is that if it gets traction, you need a lot of bandwidth and processing power to make it available when it needs to be available. One-two instances and "hopping P2P picks up" does not cut it.

        And, as usual when anyone says anything bad about peertube: the idea is great, but almost by construction it lacks what's needed to be a valid replacement for centralized, yet HUGE existing platforms: traction, and a truckload of CDN-like instances that can handle the load. If someone putting highly anticipated content online could just "put" their video somewhere and send a link so people can watch it, immediately, and without issue, some would likely do so. Unfortunately, we're very far from that yet.

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        • subarctictundra@lemmy.mlS [email protected]

          There should be an extension that does this

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          uBlock Origin with the appropriate filter list will do it for you, like this one: https://github.com/DandelionSprout/adfilt/blob/master/LegitimateURLShortener.txt

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          • fundmecfs@quokk.auF [email protected]
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            Add this URL Shortener filterlist to uBlock Origin.
            This removes the fast majority of these query parameters.

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            • fundmecfs@quokk.auF [email protected]
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              They are called query parameters and they are used for other things as well. So you can remove the ones you see similar to these but sometimes there might be important stuff you need to get the page to load in those parameters.

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              • fundmecfs@quokk.auF [email protected]
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                There is also copy clean link option in firefox and brave

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                • fundmecfs@quokk.auF [email protected]
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                  Why is this a shitpost? It's absolutely correct and factual.

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                  • J [email protected]

                    Lemmy removes these (source: i wrote that code)

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                    The most gigachad source there is

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                    • lime@feddit.nuL [email protected]

                      whuh? querystrings are integral to things like pagination. they are by no means a negative thing.

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                      Most systems these days do rewrites (like Apache mod_rewrite) to keep the query parameters out of the URL. Even for pagination. It's not necessarily on by default though because they don't know what environment you're in so you need to do things to enable it (like copy a .htaccess file and enable it in settings).

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                        They are called query parameters and they are used for other things as well. So you can remove the ones you see similar to these but sometimes there might be important stuff you need to get the page to load in those parameters.

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                        After removing them (or even if there was nothing to remove) I test out links I'm sending in a private browser window to check that they would work for other people.

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                        • somethingburger@jlai.luS [email protected]

                          There is. ?s= for a search, and you can combine it with other parameters such as date or taxonomy terms.

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                          ah, you are right. I take it back.

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                          • macncheezus@lemmy.todayM [email protected]

                            Why is this a shitpost? It's absolutely correct and factual.

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                            Must be the giant red circles and mixed fonts

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                            • macncheezus@lemmy.todayM [email protected]

                              Why is this a shitpost? It's absolutely correct and factual.

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                              It is correct and factual. Unfortunately it doesn't really explain anything. There's plenty of situations where you wouldn't want to delete content because they are necessary for functionality.

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                                Lemmy removes these (source: i wrote that code)

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                                🫡

                                Thank you

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                                  Be the change you want to see. Here is my instance https://video.benetou.fr/ even if nobody cares, I tried.

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                                  Saying "be the change you want to see" doesn't resolve any of the raised concerns.

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                                    So annoying to always have to find out how far you can trim a URL before it breaks.

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                                    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

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                                    • missinginteger@lemmy.zipM [email protected]

                                      Add this URL Shortener filterlist to uBlock Origin.
                                      This removes the fast majority of these query parameters.

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                                      I honestly couldn't determine if it was a typo or not, but it's not "fast" but "vast majority."

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                                        I honestly couldn't determine if it was a typo or not, but it's not "fast" but "vast majority."

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                                        my brain autocorrected it to "vast," but I like "fast majority" as a phrase

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                                        • missinginteger@lemmy.zipM [email protected]

                                          Add this URL Shortener filterlist to uBlock Origin.
                                          This removes the fast majority of these query parameters.

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                                          Can I ask how do use this? Do I just copy/paste this into the "my filters" tab in uBlock? ;

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