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submitted 3 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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[-] catloaf@lemm.ee 5 points 3 months ago

Wait, people outside Google were allowed to use it? Huh, I don't think I've ever seen that in the wild.

[-] praise_idleness@sh.itjust.works 7 points 3 months ago

It has long been discontinued(in 2018) but they still supported existing URLs.

[-] radivojevic@discuss.online 3 points 3 months ago

TIL Google had a URL shortener.

[-] Scrollone@feddit.it 3 points 3 months ago

Initially everybody could use them, then they just closed the service but the links kept working.

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