And yet they provide tons of identifying information about the user to the social media sites that they link to just by loading the button on the page.

[–] unmagical@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 15 minutes ago) (2 children)

The only share buttons I click are the generic buttons on YT and Steam in the apps because that's basically the only way to get the URL. I then just paste the URL where I need it.

[–] prex@aussie.zone 2 points 39 minutes ago

Don't forget to delete the tracking info after the question mark.

[–] Canadian_Cabinet@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

For Steam you can click the URL at the top of the screen and it'll copy the link

[–] unmagical@lemmy.ml 1 points 15 minutes ago

There's no URL bar at the top of the mobile app.