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apple.com/iphone You can't beat that. Or would you rather receive texts that include the following? https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09V3HZ8B5/?pd_rd_w=DAycy&co

apple.com/iphone You can't beat that. Or would you rather receive texts that include the following? https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09V3HZ8B5/?pd_rd_w=DAycy&content-id=amzn1.sym.04e31e32-5e01-4048-8b59-a557891d595f:amzn1.sym.04e31e32-5e01-4048-8b59-a557891d595f&pf_rd_p=04e31e32-5e01-4048-8b59-a557891d595f&pf_rd_r=M1KXM468KNZJV189JBE7&pd_rd_wg=3O1uC&pd_rd_r=e51c1edc-213f-4c6d-b081-e23afa6bf4ab&ref_=vn_s_iwp&qid=1694453553 > companies have no problem+with+links?that=look&like=this Let's not match the lowest common denominator, shall we?

5e92cb50239222b 3y ago
You only really need this part: https://amazon.com/dp/B09V3HZ8B5 https://amazon.com/dp/B09V3HZ8B5
- bandergirl 3y ago
  Yes but that's irrelevant, I used a real URL that you will receive in your texts. It's real life, it happens and it sucks. Let's not normalize it.
  - sieabahlpark 3y ago
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  - traceroute66 3y ago
    No. It's not irrelevant. As you have been told apple.com/iphone = www.amazon.com/dp/B09V3HZ8B5 The rest of what you posted on the Amazon link is tracking bullshit. Now, THAT is irrelevant !
    - hot_gril 3y ago
      Users aren't expected to manipulate URLs manually. If your URLs have extra stuff, that's what people are going to copy/paste into messages. Amazon product URLs are looong, but maybe people don't share them enough for Amazon to care. YouTube and Twitter put more effort into making them short.
      - eternityforest 3y ago
        I wonder if this is something Unicode could address. You could have something like quote marks that mean "Anything between these is data that shouldn't be seen in digital media but should be printed" So you could have urls like: example.com?<a single icon>&productname=somethinghumanreadable
        hot_gril 3y ago
        The browser would also have to understand not to copy that part by default. But HTTP disallows unicode chars in URLs. There could instead be some "sharable URL" web API, but it seems like a small enough problem that sites are content just providing a custom share button if needed.
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blowski 3y ago
Sure, if Amazon sold about 10 products, such a URL scheme would work great. Additionally, this constantly redirects to the latest version of the iPhone, whereas Amazon's URLs are pointing to a specific version. A more "apples to apples" comparison (pun intended) would be the MagSafe charger: https://www.apple.com/shop/product/MHXH3AM/A/magsafe-charger?fnode=c1cdaf0f0784e147f01cac4f3d6f8aac75e0d753bdb7bff1a51aa5fd67439677a470a88d109571ff0002841d9c3bf91bfedf900f8a2ceb988a63d243c0e9564d24a6f91c791ef7fcce01fd80b0230b187fe4f48a23d67e6827907331d9550f0f https://www.apple.com/shop/product/MHXH3AM/A/magsafe-charger...
insanitybit 3y ago
Apple doesn't need to create pages for millions of arbitrary items for sale.
- bandergirl 3y ago
  The point is that you can always always always do better than a 100-character URL.

5e92cb50239222b 3y ago

You only really need this part: https://amazon.com/dp/B09V3HZ8B5 https://amazon.com/dp/B09V3HZ8B5

bandergirl 3y ago
Yes but that's irrelevant, I used a real URL that you will receive in your texts. It's real life, it happens and it sucks. Let's not normalize it.
- sieabahlpark 3y ago
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- traceroute66 3y ago
  No. It's not irrelevant. As you have been told apple.com/iphone = www.amazon.com/dp/B09V3HZ8B5 The rest of what you posted on the Amazon link is tracking bullshit. Now, THAT is irrelevant !
  - hot_gril 3y ago
    Users aren't expected to manipulate URLs manually. If your URLs have extra stuff, that's what people are going to copy/paste into messages. Amazon product URLs are looong, but maybe people don't share them enough for Amazon to care. YouTube and Twitter put more effort into making them short.
    - eternityforest 3y ago
      I wonder if this is something Unicode could address. You could have something like quote marks that mean "Anything between these is data that shouldn't be seen in digital media but should be printed" So you could have urls like: example.com?<a single icon>&productname=somethinghumanreadable
      - hot_gril 3y ago
        The browser would also have to understand not to copy that part by default. But HTTP disallows unicode chars in URLs. There could instead be some "sharable URL" web API, but it seems like a small enough problem that sites are content just providing a custom share button if needed.

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blowski 3y ago

Sure, if Amazon sold about 10 products, such a URL scheme would work great. Additionally, this constantly redirects to the latest version of the iPhone, whereas Amazon's URLs are pointing to a specific version. A more "apples to apples" comparison (pun intended) would be the MagSafe charger: https://www.apple.com/shop/product/MHXH3AM/A/magsafe-charger?fnode=c1cdaf0f0784e147f01cac4f3d6f8aac75e0d753bdb7bff1a51aa5fd67439677a470a88d109571ff0002841d9c3bf91bfedf900f8a2ceb988a63d243c0e9564d24a6f91c791ef7fcce01fd80b0230b187fe4f48a23d67e6827907331d9550f0f https://www.apple.com/shop/product/MHXH3AM/A/magsafe-charger...

insanitybit 3y ago

Apple doesn't need to create pages for millions of arbitrary items for sale.

bandergirl 3y ago
The point is that you can always always always do better than a 100-character URL.