So now that bit.ly is showing ads, if you need a URL shortener, #lynx is decent and #accessible and easy to host. And before you tell me that we don't need URL shorteners anymore and how they're a security risk, I need them for:
1. Business cards, slides, signs, and other physical objects that need a URL. While most phones can scan QR Codes, you can't read them out loud for #blind folks. If you're doing a presentation, "scan the QR code on screen" isn't good enough. You need to have a URL that you can speak and another human can remember. Yes, NFC is a thing, but it doesn't solve that problem.
2. Places that still don't allow URLs (LinkedIn) or where long URLs are awkward to work with (text-only emails, the terminal, etc.)
3. Times (like a phone call) where I need to tell someone a URL using the noises that come from my face-parts

Find it here: getlynx.dev/#a11y#bitly

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in reply to Andre Louis

@FreakyFwoof My domain isn't bad. The issue is that sometimes I have to share a link to something else where I don't control the URL and it's stupidly long. So now I have go.interfree.ca. But something like go.interfree.ca/keyboard is waaaaay easier than the actual URL of the slide alt-text, even though it's not all that short.
in reply to 🇨🇦Samuel Proulx🇨🇦

Unfortunately Lynx doesn't seem to get any further updates anymore for now. I guess it works and will continue to work for quite a while too, if I wanted to start a new URL shortener now I'd most likely pick something that is under active development though. Its really good to know that it is accessible though, thanks.
in reply to Toni Barth

@ToniBarth The issue is that I couldn't find anything that's under active development and met my requirements. Those being: dockerized, quick and simple, ability for only logged-in users to create urls, ability for admin to manage created urls, ability to set custom urls rather than using random ones, no disgusting click tracking.
in reply to 🇨🇦Samuel Proulx🇨🇦

I was actually looking for one a few months back and I'll most likely look again as soon as I get the chance to buy a shortened domain with a discount again, so i'll keep Lynx in the back of my head and will report back if I find something that might be more future-proof.
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