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Enshittification is coming:
Beginning in the next month, when users click Bitly links or QR Codes, they may see a preview page prior to being directed to the destination URL. The page includes information about the link destination and may include advertising.
I'm extremely OOTL here. Bit.ly rings a bell but I can't tell if I interact with it or how. Guess I'll find out when I see the ads
It is (was) a service that redirected a short URL like bit.ly/customurl to www.example.com/extremely/long/path/to/share/and/type?parameter=crazy&anotherparameter=long
perfect for sharing
Edit: removed the potentially dangerous link thanks to @dabda@DABDA@lemm.ee
You can escape the . in a URL to break the markdown auto-linking:
bit\.ly/customurldisplays as:bit.ly/customurl