@FediTips Absolutely agree, there have been so many issues with link shortneres closing down and making it easy for history to be re-written, the Gardian here in the UK As a prime example - https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2023/02/never-use-a-url-shortening-service-even-if-you-own-it/

I've generally found only one or two cases where I genuinely need a link shortner and it's usually with the following conditions:

1) I own said link shortener and can control the data and how long it stays alive

2) I need someone else (or a group) to access a URL which would be difficult to type and where I need to provide the information on hard-copy or a presentation and can't for some easy reason send everyone the details.

3) The useful life of the link is short, generally a day or two at most, no risk of history being re-written because nobody's ever going to need to open the link again.

I've used it when running technical game-days or training sessions face to face where I can spin up a link and destroy it afterwards but that's about the only useful time...