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They could offer the domain too to be honest.

• eamag 1y ago
  The domain is still used in google maps "share" links, for example https://maps.app.goo.gl/<id>
  • GuinansEyebrows 1y ago
    subdomain delegation isn't too hard to manage :)
    • procaryote 1y ago
      security issue
      • GuinansEyebrows 1y ago
        sure, everything's a security issue when you don't pay attention to it :)
  • cxr 1y ago
    maps.app.goo.gl and maps.google.com are exactly the same number of characters. Those links smack of the same mindset behind "Refactor to rewrite procedure A in terms of procedure B. 7 lines deleted; 17 lines added."
• mcherm 1y ago
  They certainly could, but all I'm asking for here are things that SAVE money for Google. (They don't have to pay to support the scraping.)