Link shorteners and redirectors, especially new and lesser-known ones tend to get caught in the fray with things like Google Safe Browsing (which FF uses as well) and Smart Screen.

It's because the original/shortened link gets reported and not the real/destination site. Then the domain (of the shortener/redirector) gets flagged, instead of the real site.

This happened to me at work this very week, with a redirector service that's a part of our email security stack. FF and Chrome were both blocking links that were safe, because the redirector service itself was classified as sus.

Firefox on Android doesn't even have the "ignore" option :(

Ad for an ad-blocker. Genius 🤣

This is just a straight-up better version of what OP linked: https://phishyurl.com/

listen here, you little shit

Jokes on you I saw the ad first.

Exactly what I expected. Thanks for not letting me down.

https://adobe.c1ic.link/TODO_obfuscate_url_FmtzTw_ip_grab.xlsm

Have one on me

This is just straight-up a better version of what OP linked

I expect most of them are Rickrolls.

Thunder app tries to load mp4 💀

Lol, they're even offering emails? Thanks for sharing!

Firefox is not playing around

It's why they have a report feature. No idea how well they moderate things tho.

Site seems best for gags with friends.

Maybe 1 of a thousand redirects actually does go to a malicious site.

I tried buddy 😔

A fellow student!

Christ. This reads like something that will keylog, steal my identity, and trojan my device all at once, bwahahahaha

When sharing links with people in places where there’s a character limit or to avoid polluting visuals.

Also, when sharing like orally or showing it to someone else when you have no other way to communicate it: ex, the link of a shared cloud file

I think sometimes it gives people analytics on how many people click the link when the link is to something they themselves don't control. But I'm not entirely sure if that's a common service shorteners offer.

Easier to type when used on posters and other media where you can't simply copypaste

aesthetics

I find it handy for writing down a URL on paper

Easier to memorize/type, that's about it.
Replaced by (unsafer) QR codes as of late and can still hide analytics.

You only bang married couples or what?

One benefit/reason is to make it easier to manually type in the URL. Like if it's printed on an ad or poster or something.

Not a significant benefit anymore especially with QR codes.