The shortened youtu.be links were always associated with individual Google accounts, when I clicked “share” I would get a different URL than someone who shared the exact same video.
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.
The shortened youtu.be links were always associated with individual Google accounts, when I clicked “share” I would get a different URL than someone who shared the exact same video.
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.