diff --git a/spec/helpers_spec.cr b/spec/helpers_spec.cr
index 91ddc07e..c11da9e9 100644
--- a/spec/helpers_spec.cr
+++ b/spec/helpers_spec.cr
@@ -77,16 +77,6 @@ describe "Helper" do
     end
   end
 
-  describe "#produce_comment_reply_continuation" do
-    it "correctly produces a continuation token for replies to a given comment" do
-      produce_comment_reply_continuation("cIHQWOoJeag", "UCq6VFHwMzcMXbuKyG7SQYIg", "Ugx1IP_wGVv3WtGWcdV4AaABAg").should eq("EiYSC2NJSFFXT29KZWFnwAEByAEB4AEBogINKP___________wFAABgGMk0aSxIaVWd4MUlQX3dHVnYzV3RHV2NkVjRBYUFCQWciAggAKhhVQ3E2VkZId016Y01YYnVLeUc3U1FZSWcyC2NJSFFXT29KZWFnQAFICg%3D%3D")
-
-      produce_comment_reply_continuation("cIHQWOoJeag", "UCq6VFHwMzcMXbuKyG7SQYIg", "Ugza62y_TlmTu9o2RfF4AaABAg").should eq("EiYSC2NJSFFXT29KZWFnwAEByAEB4AEBogINKP___________wFAABgGMk0aSxIaVWd6YTYyeV9UbG1UdTlvMlJmRjRBYUFCQWciAggAKhhVQ3E2VkZId016Y01YYnVLeUc3U1FZSWcyC2NJSFFXT29KZWFnQAFICg%3D%3D")
-
-      produce_comment_reply_continuation("_cE8xSu6swE", "UC1AZY74-dGVPe6bfxFwwEMg", "UgyBUaRGHB9Jmt1dsUZ4AaABAg").should eq("EiYSC19jRTh4U3U2c3dFwAEByAEB4AEBogINKP___________wFAABgGMk0aSxIaVWd5QlVhUkdIQjlKbXQxZHNVWjRBYUFCQWciAggAKhhVQzFBWlk3NC1kR1ZQZTZiZnhGd3dFTWcyC19jRTh4U3U2c3dFQAFICg%3D%3D")
-    end
-  end
-
   describe "#produce_channel_community_continuation" do
     it "correctly produces a continuation token for a channel community" do
       produce_channel_community_continuation("UCCj956IF62FbT7Gouszaj9w", "Egljb21tdW5pdHm4").should eq("4qmFsgIsEhhVQ0NqOTU2SUY2MkZiVDdHb3VzemFqOXcaEEVnbGpiMjF0ZFc1cGRIbTQ%3D")
@@ -107,15 +97,6 @@ describe "Helper" do
     end
   end
 
-  describe "#extract_plid" do
-    it "correctly extracts playlist ID from trending URL" do
-      extract_plid("/feed/trending?bp=4gIuCggvbS8wNHJsZhIiUExGZ3F1TG5MNTlhbVBud2pLbmNhZUp3MDYzZlU1M3Q0cA%3D%3D").should eq("PLFgquLnL59amPnwjKncaeJw063fU53t4p")
-      extract_plid("/feed/trending?bp=4gIvCgkvbS8wYnp2bTISIlBMaUN2Vkp6QnVwS2tDaFNnUDdGWFhDclo2aEp4NmtlTm0%3D").should eq("PLiCvVJzBupKkChSgP7FXXCrZ6hJx6keNm")
-      extract_plid("/feed/trending?bp=4gIuCggvbS8wNWpoZxIiUEwzWlE1Q3BOdWxRbUtPUDNJekdsYWN0V1c4dklYX0hFUA%3D%3D").should eq("PL3ZQ5CpNulQmKOP3IzGlactWW8vIX_HEP")
-      extract_plid("/feed/trending?bp=4gIuCggvbS8wMnZ4bhIiUEx6akZiYUZ6c21NUnFhdEJnVTdPeGNGTkZhQ2hqTkVERA%3D%3D").should eq("PLzjFbaFzsmMRqatBgU7OxcFNFaChjNEDD")
-    end
-  end
-
   describe "#sign_token" do
     it "correctly signs a given hash" do
       token = {
diff --git a/src/invidious/comments.cr b/src/invidious/comments.cr
index ffdce000..12a80bc4 100644
--- a/src/invidious/comments.cr
+++ b/src/invidious/comments.cr
@@ -60,8 +60,6 @@ def fetch_youtube_comments(id, cursor, format, locale, thin_mode, region, sort_b
   case cursor
   when nil, ""
     ctoken = produce_comment_continuation(id, cursor: "", sort_by: sort_by)
-    # when .starts_with? "Ug"
-    #   ctoken = produce_comment_reply_continuation(id, video.ucid, cursor)
   when .starts_with? "ADSJ"
     ctoken = produce_comment_continuation(id, cursor: cursor, sort_by: sort_by)
   else
@@ -575,7 +573,9 @@ def content_to_comment_html(content)
           url = "/watch?v=#{url.request_target.lstrip('/')}"
         elsif url.host.nil? || url.host.not_nil!.ends_with?("youtube.com")
           if url.path == "/redirect"
-            url = HTTP::Params.parse(url.query.not_nil!)["q"]
+            # Sometimes, links can be corrupted (why?) so make sure to fallback
+            # nicely. See https://github.com/iv-org/invidious/issues/2682
+            url = HTTP::Params.parse(url.query.not_nil!)["q"]? || ""
           else
             url = url.request_target
           end
@@ -645,38 +645,3 @@ def produce_comment_continuation(video_id, cursor = "", sort_by = "top")
 
   return continuation
 end
-
-def produce_comment_reply_continuation(video_id, ucid, comment_id)
-  object = {
-    "2:embedded" => {
-      "2:string"    => video_id,
-      "24:varint"   => 1_i64,
-      "25:varint"   => 1_i64,
-      "28:varint"   => 1_i64,
-      "36:embedded" => {
-        "5:varint" => -1_i64,
-        "8:varint" => 0_i64,
-      },
-    },
-    "3:varint"   => 6_i64,
-    "6:embedded" => {
-      "3:embedded" => {
-        "2:string"   => comment_id,
-        "4:embedded" => {
-          "1:varint" => 0_i64,
-        },
-        "5:string" => ucid,
-        "6:string" => video_id,
-        "8:varint" => 1_i64,
-        "9:varint" => 10_i64,
-      },
-    },
-  }
-
-  continuation = object.try { |i| Protodec::Any.cast_json(i) }
-    .try { |i| Protodec::Any.from_json(i) }
-    .try { |i| Base64.urlsafe_encode(i) }
-    .try { |i| URI.encode_www_form(i) }
-
-  return continuation
-end
diff --git a/src/invidious/routes/video_playback.cr b/src/invidious/routes/video_playback.cr
index 5c64f669..394b1592 100644
--- a/src/invidious/routes/video_playback.cr
+++ b/src/invidious/routes/video_playback.cr
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ module Invidious::Routes::VideoPlayback
       download_widget = JSON.parse(env.params.query["download_widget"])
 
       id = download_widget["id"].as_s
-      title = download_widget["title"].as_s
+      title = URI.decode_www_form(download_widget["title"].as_s)
 
       if label = download_widget["label"]?
         return env.redirect "/api/v1/captions/#{id}?label=#{label}&title=#{title}"
diff --git a/src/invidious/trending.cr b/src/invidious/trending.cr
index e66a241d..b63771a1 100644
--- a/src/invidious/trending.cr
+++ b/src/invidious/trending.cr
@@ -21,13 +21,3 @@ def fetch_trending(trending_type, region, locale)
 
   return {trending, plid}
 end
-
-def extract_plid(url)
-  return url.try { |i| URI.parse(i).query }
-    .try { |i| HTTP::Params.parse(i)["bp"] }
-    .try { |i| URI.decode_www_form(i) }
-    .try { |i| Base64.decode(i) }
-    .try { |i| IO::Memory.new(i) }
-    .try { |i| Protodec::Any.parse(i) }
-    .try &.["44:0:embedded"]?.try &.["2:1:string"]?.try &.as_s
-end