Matthias Pfefferle

own your shortlinks!

https://www.theverge.com/2024/7/19/24201734/google-url-link-shortening-service-shut-down-support

Try hum https://wordpress.org/plugins/hum/

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Google’s shortened links will stop working next year

If you ever used Google’s URL shortening service goo.gl before it was shut down in 2019, be warned — those links will stop working on August 25th, 2025.

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Jul 19, 2024 at 5:02pmIvory for iOS
Show threadBeko PharmJul 19, 2024
@pfefferle can't try it. Already using it for years ❤️
Show threadJak2k 🏳️‍🌈Jul 19, 2024
@pfefferle
Why even shorten the link? It WILL break. The questions is when. Directly linking to the original reduces the risk.
Show threadSimounetJul 19, 2024
@jak2k I agree with you. No need of short links anymore. @pfefferle
Show threadMatthias PfefferleJul 21, 2024

@simounet @jak2k @ardouglass

For everything not digital/online. For print articles for example... for dictating a URL to someone on the phone...

Show threadPatrick Johanneson 🚀 🇨🇦Jul 19, 2024
@pfefferle Own your everything, as much as possible.
Show threadAndrew DouglassJul 19, 2024
@pfefferle what is the benefit of short links now that we aren’t trying to cram a bunch of text plus a link into a single 160 character text message?