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minus-squaregroetlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·3 months agoThey actually do. To avoid infinite loops. If a URL redirects to the identical URL for more than ~5 times most browsers will refuse to load and show an error instead. That’s why sites like this will generate new URLs with the same content.
They actually do. To avoid infinite loops. If a URL redirects to the identical URL for more than ~5 times most browsers will refuse to load and show an error instead.
That’s why sites like this will generate new URLs with the same content.