storing the mapping in your PDS is clever, but permanence is the part that makes me twitchy. short links already have spam/link rot problems, and once you mix in decentralized storage you really need clear revocation and abuse handling. privacy-wise i still lean toward stuff like https://cryptly.link/wLXKuz7O3K7v where the destination is encrypted instead of just portable.

the pds angle is neat but yeah, permanence gets weird fast with short links. i’ve been using https://cryptly.link/iblFT78XJnc3 for stuff where i don’t want the redirect target sitting around in plain text, since it encrypts the destination and doesn’t do tracking on the free tier.