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Re:Ask HN: Why is YouTube adding “&pp=sAQA” to video URLs? by Sephr on Saturday July 31, 2021 @12:58PM (#28019799)
> what is that?

A new consent management tool for website owners. We're currently in closed beta. Learn more here: https://transcend.io/blog/defeating-cookie-banners

> the idea is to modify those URLs before they get rendered on the page

These overrides are applied before the URLs are rendered on the page or trigger any requests.

Re:Ask HN: Why is YouTube adding “&pp=sAQA” to video URLs? by rasz on Sunday August 01, 2021 @12:22AM (#28023779)
>DOM nodes by directly patching the prototypes, methods, and accessors of all global element constructors and DOM tree construction utilities. We can write a patcher which overrides the constructor prototype, which allows us to check if the URL is allowed before the DOM mutation is performed.

Now I understand. Your product is aimed at corporations seeking more mature? compliance with privacy laws. Sounds like tough market.