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		duskwuff on March 31, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Transitioning Google URL Shortener to Firebase Dyn... Crucially, the new product is unlikely to be available through a web interface (at least, without an account), so Google no longer has to deal with their link shortener being used for spam and fraud.

manquer on March 31, 2018 [–]

Spammers would not be dettered by the need to use an API. Besides anyone could build a frontend for accessing the API

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