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Google’s shortened links will stop working next year (www.theverge.com)
submitted 4 months ago by AnActOfCreation@programming.dev to c/technology@lemmy.world
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#killedbygoogle

  • Google's URL shortening service goo.gl links will stop working on August 25th, 2025, resulting in 404 errors.
  • Starting August 23rd, 2024, goo.gl links will show an interstitial page warning users of the upcoming shutdown.
  • Google initially suggested migrating to Firebase Dynamic Links (FDL), which has also since been deprecated.
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[–] undefined@links.hackliberty.org 42 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Good! Sick of link shorteners, 99% of the time I’ve seen them used it’s for tracking and/or disguising the true destination.

[–] radivojevic@discuss.online 27 points 4 months ago (1 children)

It was cool back when there were valid reasons for character limitations. But I agree, url obfuscation was often used for less savory reasons.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 5 points 4 months ago

And I'm not sure how shorteners work for Firefox's tracking removal, but I'm guessing not well.