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Interestingly, the old Google Profiles did do this, my URL was https://profiles.google.com/corin.c.cole https://profiles.google.com/corin.c.cole I would imagin
by corin_ 15y ago
Interestingly, the old Google Profiles did do this, my URL was https://profiles.google.com/corin.c.cole https://profiles.google.com/corin.c.cole
I would imagine it will come to plus some time in the near future.
- themal 15y agoThey probably turned it off for privacy. If you found an old Google profile URL, then you also knew the email address at Gmail, which would render Gmail useless for people who value their privacy. Ideally, they need to offer the option to have a URL that is different from the Gmail address.
- corin_ 15y agoBut in terms of code it's very easy to change the system so that it lets users pick their URL - the question is more whether Google will decide to do it, and the fact that they used vanity URLs in the old profiles suggests they may well.