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The original 2018 announcement they link to said: > While most features of goo.gl will eventually sunset, all existing links will continue to redirect to the i
by jrochkind1 2y ago
The original 2018 announcement they link to said:
> While most features of goo.gl will eventually sunset, all existing links will continue to redirect to the intended destination.
And
> After March 30, 2019, all links will continue to redirect to the intended destination.
[Emphasis in original, in bold!]
It is hard to read this as anything but saying the continued serving of redirects will _not_ eventually sunset, right? While most features will eventually sunset, all existing links are not most features, and will continue to redirect.
Clearly they changed their mind. I mean, it's not shocking, especially from Google.
It would be decent and transparent of them to admit it though. Yeah, we said that we were going to continue to redirect existing links, we changed our mind, sorry about that.
- voisin 2y ago> It would be decent and transparent of them This is Google we’re talking about. I think at this point they are institutionally committed to the notion that their users ought not trust them to keep services going and if they do, then shame on the user.
- basch 2y agoDid they tell the google maps team? If I open the mobile app, click a pin, and press share, I get a maps.app.goo.gl link Will this break every map ever shared?