OK, I’ve looked into your method of cleaning URLs just a little bit. For me, it is outside of my current ability to zero in on the perfect level of blocking the URL tracking data the way you do it. I definitely need a curated (open source) list of URL tracking to be cleaned for me. At least for now, that is best for me.
I do use youtube and sometimes i use google search, ebay, amazon, and even twitter just a very small amount of the time. I actually mostly only use FreeTube over RiseupVPN for my youtube consumption. I also use Odysee and Bitchute also over VPN for other video content.
My thinking about these sites is that I am already logged in, and if ClearURLs blocks some, or most of their URL tracking, then it works good enough for me. I don’t use social media at all, unless you count the once a week I click on twitter. I don’t post on twitter, and I hardly ever comment on twitter. I only singned up after Elon took over twitter. I’m no fanboy of Elon, and I don’t trust him, or twitter, it’s just the only social media that I even use at all.
I found another URL cleaner…
It is also open source so I added the extension next to CleanURLs as a second level of cleaning.
Until I learn more, these two cleaners will be better than me trying to clean by myself.
One thing I considered was to copy their definitions, modify them and post on my own domain and link to them instead. Maybe I could remove their opinions for my own, but at least have a starting point that at least works.