I think the problem with URL shorteners like Google’s that includes the company name is that to the layperson there is possibly an implied level of safety. Her

I think the problem with URL shorteners like Google’s that includes the company name is that to the layperson there is possibly an implied level of safety. Here is a service that basically makes Google $0 and confuses a non-zero amount of non-technical users when it sends them to a scam website. Also, in the age of OCR on every device they make basically no sense. You can take a picture of a long URL on a piece of paper then just copy and paste the text instantly. The URL shortener no longer serves a discernible purpose.