I've often read on HN people accusing developers of being complicit and asking how anybody could agree to do XY&Z. This is one place where I am left asking the same question.
How could this ever be anything except anti-user? Link shorteners are one thing, and random unique IDs in a URL are understandable, but in what world does encrypting the URL do anything except harm the user?
We provide services to people in exchange for advertising revenue. Some people try to abuse this agreement through URL stripping. That means those who don't URL strip are subsidizing those who do. This isn't fair, so we will use technical methods to prevent it from happening.
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[ 2.5 ms ] story [ 32.8 ms ] threadHow could this ever be anything except anti-user? Link shorteners are one thing, and random unique IDs in a URL are understandable, but in what world does encrypting the URL do anything except harm the user?
-- Your friendly neighborhood PM
We provide services to people in exchange for advertising revenue. Some people try to abuse this agreement through URL stripping. That means those who don't URL strip are subsidizing those who do. This isn't fair, so we will use technical methods to prevent it from happening.