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Adds?
I thought they always had them?
Huh? That’s just wrong.
youtube.com/watch?v=FOO&si=BAR would be shortened to just youtu.be/FOO?si=BAR
The link to other people’s account is in the &si=BAR part. Probably standing for “share ID” or “source ID”or something. The shortened link is just the same as the long one with watch?v=FOO being included in the URL instead of the parameters.
They didn't until a few weeks/months ago on the web version. Not sure about mobile. I noticed when the generated links became twice as long.
No kidding? I always thought they had them. Hmm
Do people not sanitize links they share? 90% of an amazon url is garbage referrer info.
It wasn't until a few months ago did YouTube add them.