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I think it is, supposing it wants to be useful.

Imagine this catches on. Now I'm not sure why would it, but let's suppose we have a paid link to a book, or song, or download, or something else useful. If this link is ever shared anywhere public, there's an incentive for spammers and trolls to create their own links and try to get paid for nothing.

Probable end result: platforms start banning links to paidlink.to, because a lot of people get cheated out of their money.



I think it can exist with the limited scope of not being responsible for the content it redirects to.

More cynically, if it catches on like you mentioned, the OP probably already made a shit ton of money from a simple and IMO elegant idea.


You'll have to be sure to obtain the link from a credible source.

That's the same as for any other sale over the internet. There are lots of fake web stores that scam people.




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