Why 0bla
The web didn't need another URL shortener. It needed a clean alternative.
1. The Current Web Problem
Too many simple services have become data collection machines. A link becomes an entry point for tracking, profiling, third-party scripts, permanent surveillance. 0bla is the alternative.
2. What We Refuse
We refuse a model where visitors are analyzed without knowing it, data is accumulated "just in case", metrics serve the platform first, and privacy becomes an adjustment variable. A URL shortener should remain a tool.
3. Why an Alternative
Create short links simply, get useful statistics without excess, keep control over your usage, avoid dependence on advertising logic. Do it cleaner, more readable, more respectful.
4. A Different Philosophy
Where others optimize collection, 0bla optimizes restraint. Where others multiply tracking integrations, 0bla limits its surface. 0bla lives on the service rendered, not on data.
5. What This Changes Concretely
No plain-text IPs, no third-party trackers, no advertising cookies, no profiling, no data resale. Information retained is limited to service operation and genuinely useful anonymized statistics.
6. An Alternative to Classic Platforms
Priority to privacy, technical simplicity, controlled architecture, limited and anonymized analytics. We don't seek to be the most intrusive service on the market — we seek to be the most consistent.
7. Who 0bla Was Built For
Independents, teams, brands, privacy-sensitive organizations. Those who want to share links without turning their visitors into data, and use a service aligned with a Zero-Trace approach.
8. Our Conviction
The web needs useful, sober and honest tools. 0bla: a URL shortener, ethical analytics, zero tracking, an architecture designed to limit — not to exploit.