p3x.deThe documentation links in PlatformIO are all bit [dot] ly short links
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As a general rule, I will never click a link unless it clearly states where it’s taking me. Except I needed to see what the error meant, so I clicked open on it. Yay interstitial ads! 😠
Guess they’d have to click on it first.
bit(dot)ly is just a link shortener; my guess is that the promised documentation is indeed behind it.
But - and I’m just spitballing here - by going through a third party, they can collect precious user data for which they probably have a contract with MS, which brings me back to my original comment.