When you click on a link in a YouTube videos description YouTube does not directly redirect you to the target site. Instead they redirect you to a page where they can track your clicking activities and auto-redirect you to the destination page. This extension fixes that behavior by sending you to the destination site directly.

Grab the extension here: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/youtube-redirect-tracking/ggokjgndnggpkodljbhhbppfnkdoeooc?authuser=0

The code is licenced under the MIT licence (see LICENSE.MD).
The icons are licenced under CC0 https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/