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Re:Show HN: Create a Paid Link to Anything by TylerE on Tuesday December 20, 2022 @12:52PM (#34069502)
What happens when the URL inevitably starts 404ing would be my first question.
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Re:Show HN: Create a Paid Link to Anything by blacksmith_tb on Tuesday December 20, 2022 @05:51PM (#34073957)
It would be a plus if paidlink.to actually made a call to the link before accepting payment, and put up a warning / stopped the transaction if it didn't get a 200, "We're sorry but thingyouwanted.com/enticing.html isn't currrently available, please try again later."
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