If a for-profit org gives something out for free, even if its OSS, you are likely contributing to their profits in different ways.
Comment on The documentation links in PlatformIO are all bit [dot] ly short links
IcedRaktajino@startrek.website 3 weeks agoIt’s the VSCode IDE that does it, it seems.
A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
IcedRaktajino@startrek.website 3 weeks ago
That’s not wrong, but in this case, PlatformIO isn’t showing these ads, bit [dot] ly is. AFAIK, only bitly gets the ad money.
A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
Neither of your screenshot seems to be showing ads?
hendrik@palaver.p3x.de 3 weeks ago
Guess they’d have to click on it first.
sramder@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
So… who owns bit.ly at this point? ;-)