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@azaroth42 @hvdsomp Only if somebody has taken care of archiving versions, etc. Which is basically the exact same predicament.

@azaroth42 @hvdsomp as for contention that "real URI just works"', it does- until it doesn't. And then it cannot be repaired.

@azaroth42 @hvdsomp you were not comparing with "real URI", you were comparing with Google. Which presumably has same obfuscation issues.

@hvdsomp @azaroth42 But, critically, repairable link rot. Which, critically, cannot be done without redirection.

@azaroth42 @hvdsomp Is there a point to this, other than the obvious one- DOIs that the publisher doesn’t register don’t work?