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I think they’re mostly doing it to get the attention of investors. New products are exciting. It shows the company is growing.

Look at our new self driving car we will definitely release within the next year! Or how about these stupid looking glasses?

But now investors have become more concerned about profitability, so most tech companies are focusing on cutting the costs.

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A combination of browser settings and exceptionally rare usage of short link providers - as creator or user - means I’m not completely sure about this, but … were they putting ads on the short links somehow?

Because I figure if they weren’t they should have tried that.

And if they were, how expensive is running a short link service anyway? This feels like rummaging around in the sofa for loose change. Smacks of desperation.

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I suspect that they build a profile of what websites you visit and sell that data for targeted advertising.

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