Best URL Shortener

I have been using this extension for years but suddenly it has started generating links that link to a QR code extension instead of the page I had used it on. I discovered this because I gave a shortened link to someone and they asked why I was spamming them with a QR code extension. Imagine my surprise! Now this is just malware junk.

old shortlinks (bityl.co) not working anymore, all my old short links has been lost I am very upset

This WAS the BEST Amazon shortener available. But it is now DEFUNCT and no longer works.

It doesn't work!!!

write his own affiliate tag. 👎

Now converts all links into affiliate links.

installed it, found it's a trap. uninstalled it later

Stopped working today. Links go to: This site can’t be reached amz.run’s server IP address could not be found. DNS_PROBE_FINISHED_NXDOMAIN

I have to agree with @Noodles in their review below. I believe what they mean by "phishing-style link" is that the url "https://bityl.co/OyMT" (which is what this extension shortens this Chrome Web Store page to,) looks like it is directing users to a malicious website. Why? Because it is underhanded and suspicious, and a well-known tactic of actual malicious entities. They make people think they are clicking on a familiar link (something like "www.AmazonHelp.co" instead of "https://amazon.com/hz/contact-us/" and they do the same thing with email addresses) because they rely on the fact that many internet users do not pay close attention to the links they are clicking or the web addresses they direct them to. It is obvious that "bityl.co" is spoofing "bit.ly", attempting to appear to be the trusted "bit.ly" instead of an unknown and highly sus knockoff. In his response, the developer is either acting in bad faith by pretending that he is unaware of what this means, or he is truly clueless about internet security, and whichever option is correct doesn't matter to me because they've lost my trust completely. You can be original and make up your own link instead of using a common phishing tactic (SPOOFING), or you can own up to the fact that you're doing shady things to fly under the radar unnoticed. Feigning ignorance isn't a good look for a "dev".