3 ms·> Then ended up regretting it and shutting it down. Care to elaborate?by CarelessExpert 6y ago> Then ended up regretting it and shutting it down. Care to elaborate?loceng 6y agoI assume because it creates/introduces an arguably unnecessary point of potential future failure.duskwuff 6y agoAlso possibly because URL shorteners are frequently abused, e.g. to obfuscate links in spam. Operating one responsibly is a considerable amount of work.