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Re:Request for comments regarding topics to be discussed at ... by ryandrake on Sunday May 02, 2021 @07:06PM (#27019907)
If they really don’t want people to use it on the web they should simply turn down the web site and tell people to use the app or GTFO. Instead they keep it up but cripple it and then repeatedly beg the user to something they clearly don’t want to do.
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Re:Request for comments regarding topics to be discussed at ... by zepto on Monday May 03, 2021 @02:58PM (#27029242)
Companies discontinue or reduce support for products they don’t want to continue investing in all the time.

Some users are obviously going to be unhappy about this.

It’s not a dark pattern.

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