Comment on The documentation links in PlatformIO are all bit [dot] ly short links
IcedRaktajino@startrek.website 4 days agoThat’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 4 days ago
Neither of your screenshot seems to be showing ads?
hendrik@palaver.p3x.de 4 days ago
Guess they’d have to click on it first.
A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 4 days ago
bit(dot)ly is just a link shortener; my guess is that the promised documentation is indeed behind it.
But - and I’m just spitballing here - by going through a third party, they can collect precious user data for which they probably have a contract with MS, which brings me back to my original comment.