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And would it matter if the shortener you used for that disappeared a couple years later? The stupid part was sticking a middleman into millions of links permane
by wlesieutre 5y ago
And would it matter if the shortener you used for that disappeared a couple years later? The stupid part was sticking a middleman into millions of links permanently posted on public websites and assuming these giant free services would keep running forever.
There are worse things that could happen than shutting down too. Someone with control of an old shortener domain could set up spoof versions of the site that a link used to forward to and use it to harvest passwords or get people to install malware.
- _8j50 5y agoI don't follow your argument but my use cases are always short lived (<24h).
- wlesieutre 5y agoMy point is that lekevicius is correct that they're a terrible idea for long term use. If you're only using the shortened URL for a day, the downside/risk is a lot smaller.
- zouhair 5y agoWater is a terrible idea if you drown in it, it still has one or two uses.