• merc@sh.itjust.works
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    The trick is knowing which parameters are the necessary ones, and which are for tracking.

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      19 hours ago
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      Just delete that shit. Please add more, people who knows of others!

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        Everything after and including the ? is unnecessary. 99.9% of the time you can delete that shit (Except for YouTube, cause why the fuck should things be easy)

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          for youtube you can remove everything starting from the first &. it just needs the v=zBGlI4DKlL4 parameter

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          I mean, this is obviously a generalization. Search parameters have a legitimate use. But they are abused, of course.