• 👍Maximum Derek👍@discuss.tchncs.de
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    1 year ago

    Because then other people control the link. Imagine writing a long print article about a community coming together to care for an elderly holocaust survivor that includes a link for more info. And then Musk (or whomever has the control over the link shortener you use) comes along and decides the link in your article should point at a holocaust denialism site instead. You can’t change the link that’s now printed on paper, but they can change what it points at.

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      Or the shortened web site shuts down and all that history is lost. Happened to, I believe, the Guardian newspapers shortening service.