Genuinely upset at the retirement of Google’s URL shortener, goo.gl.
https://developers.googleblog.com/en/google-url-shortener-links-will-no-longer-be-available/
Just to be clear, this will break a large portion of the web for what seems to be a marginal cost savings. So many Google decisions—including the recent sale of Google Domains—have us asking why? Who’s making the decisions over there?
Zach Leatherman :11ty: /
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