Dearest mastodonians. This really is not directed at anyone and is more of an are you aware type toot.
For those who are tooting links to YouTube, there are a load of people who can't get to watch anything without logging in. I for one will not give them any of my details by doing that.
Equally, links to anything that have no description, simply will not be followed.
And finally...
If you link, even with a descriptive text, to a newspaper article that is behind a paywall or insists that you accept all their tracking cookies to continue, it won't be followed.