In some cases the size of the URL matters. No matter if that's a human who doesn't want their reading flow interrupted by a link that covers three lines in mobi

In some cases the size of the URL matters. No matter if that's a human who doesn't want their reading flow interrupted by a link that covers three lines in mobile view (hence why linkedin or printed magazines operate shorteners), a user who legitimately types in links in cases where copy-paste isn't an obvious solution (e.g. typing a link you see on a stranger's device, like a party game or the link on a bluescreen, or again links in print), or you want to create a QR code that's readable from a distance and doesn't have 8 alignment squares. I would get behind the argument that there aren't good use cases for 3rd party url shorteners. A url shortener should preferably be operated by the target website (like youtu.be), and failing that be operated by the originator of the link (linked.in, t.co, time.com).