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I don't mean to derail this conversation, but what the ____ is this aka.ms? I go there and it asks if it can open some app I've never heard of. The app takes
by mcswell 5y ago
I don't mean to derail this conversation, but what the ____ is this aka.ms? I go there and it asks if it can open some app I've never heard of. The app takes forever to open and when it finally does it shows me a minimalist login screen. I didn't try going past that. What's wrong with having a web page to take feedback? Why does it require a separate sluggish app?
- emodendroket 5y agoaka.ms is just a bitly clone.
- pjerem 5y agoJust a bitly clone that they use in their apps, not just when characters limits exists. For me it’s a disguised company-wide router used because nobody at Microsoft is responsible for URL schemes on official domains so nobody is confident that it’ll not break. I don’t even think it’s a bad strategy tbf. But the domain is so awful and just looks like phishing if you don’t know MS is behind.
- gavanm 5y ago"aka" is microsofts URL shortener service. I don't know the official meaning - but I'm fairly sure it's for the abbreviation "Also Known As" - "AKA".
- pjerem 5y agoOh it’s the Microsoft’s private url shortener. This allows them to confuse everyone about what the heck is behind that link. Like, sure, microsoft.com/visualstudio looks too obvious. What about aka.ms/vs, ha ha ! Good luck guessing what this is about. Phishing ? I can’t say… click on it to be sure. (I suppose is some Twitter madness that has gone out of control).
- jabbany 5y agoIt's Microsoft's url shortcut system. Beyond the obvious shortening feature, the main benefit is that MS can change the underlying resource the shortcut links to should they need to in the future.