Google is turning off its URL shortener – breaking every link that ever used it

It is unclear to me if this only impacts developer URLs (are those a different thing?), or if all user created short URLs will stop working too. If it&#x27;s the latter, then a lot of links on the old web will break, and that will be so sad.<p>This is the latest announcement in question: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;developers.googleblog.com&#x2F;en&#x2F;google-url-shortener-links-will-no-longer-be-available&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;developers.googleblog.com&#x2F;en&#x2F;google-url-shortener-li...</a><p>In 2018 they said goo.gl links won&#x27;t stop working: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.searchenginejournal.com&#x2F;goo-gl&#x2F;246569&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.searchenginejournal.com&#x2F;goo-gl&#x2F;246569&#x2F;</a>

Shutting down:<p>(128 points, 6 years ago, 55 comments) <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=16719272">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=16719272</a><p>(81 points, 6 years ago, 56 comments) <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=16722817">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=16722817</a><p>(59 points, 6 years ago, 45 comments) <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=16902752">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=16902752</a>