Obviously there is no official information what exactly the tokens represent but some people say ?si is a tracking token to, I also think as its a id not necessary to locate the video it has to have some other, undisclosed purpose. Better to get rid of it imo.

https://www.reddit.com/r/revancedapp/comments/17g8jll/youtube_added_a_tracking_token_to_the_url_when/

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I worked in digital marketing a long time ago and I remember how Google analytics would add unique trackers to links in emails and social media pages. The ? and & are usually what is used. When the link is accessed, Google analytics stores the text that comes after the ? or &. The si stands for share info. But since there’s no text after, no info is shared. It’s like me giving you a blank piece of paper and telling you to save the information on it.

Oh shit I didn't realize you removed the token behind ?si=. 😂

This makes sense of course, need to improve this :)

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