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date    = "2024-02-15T22:07:20+00:00"
lastmod = "2024-02-15T22:07:20+00:00"
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Remember [deep linking](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_linking)? That is, if
you've ever done computing/science history. _Deep linking_ was a nefarious act
and for ultra brief periods (in some places)
[making a link (like this)](https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/library/cyber/law/112797law.html)
was link stealing.

Basically, homepage links were a--ok, but
[deep links were bad](http://www.linksandlaw.com/linkingcases-deeplinks.htm),
really bad, because customers skipped the front and arrived at the exact
(product) page. Businesses died overnight (the hypo theory).
      
Deep linking is smartphone marketing lingo now and
[very much desired](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_deep_linking). My hunch
is that something analogous to
[taking a screen shot](https://www.thedroneely.com/images/guix-in-a-linux-container.png)
will be the modern equivalent of that unworkable controversy.