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The same applies to all of the link shorteners too. I've often wondered how much of the web would break if TinyUrl and Bit.ly closed.
by caseysoftware 14y ago
The same applies to all of the link shorteners too. I've often wondered how much of the web would break if TinyUrl and Bit.ly closed.
- graue 14y agoThis kind of already happened, in 2009: the URL shortener tr.im closed. Once in a while I still run across a broken tr.im link. https://www.macworld.com/article/1142188/trim_twitter.html https://www.macworld.com/article/1142188/trim_twitter.html
- kmfrk 14y agoThere are many reasons not to use shorteners. There is also the matter of tracking where anyone can do everything to protect people's privacy, but if they got there through an URL-shortener, they're SOL. I often think about the implications of using Google Analytics on my sites (I use the less unsafe anonymity IP detection"), but those concerns all go out the window, if they got there by shorturl.
- Evbn 14y agoI am surprised that third-party URL shorteners aren't time-limited by default. Why would you use a short URL for a long-lived link?