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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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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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[-] paraphrand@lemmy.world 91 points 4 months ago

I’m sure many people chose this one over other shortners because they assumed it would outlast the others. 🤦‍♀️

[-] folekaule@lemmy.world 47 points 4 months ago

So many links are going to go dead because of this. I'm sure plenty of software out there used this to automatically shorten links for posting on social media etc.

[-] chip@feddit.rocks 37 points 4 months ago

So many chunks of internet history is going straight to the bin thanks to this.

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