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Re:HBO Max new Captcha system by lxgr on Tuesday May 30, 2023 @08:18AM (#36123910)
I’ve been wondering about that too. Then again, some years ago, Spotify forced all users on (I believe) Android to download an entirely new app that was visually completely identical. Login state and downloaded tracks were lost. I still wonder what happened there.

Surely that‘s among the worst things you can do from an SEO and customer retention perspectives?

Re:HBO Max new Captcha system by voakbasda on Tuesday May 30, 2023 @11:11AM (#36125800)
I would not be surprised if in both cases the developer posting the app to the store was using their own account. The company of course did not realize this and proceeded to do something (probably stupid) to make that developer quit and give them the finger on the way out the door. When their managers realized their mistake(s), a new app seems like the inevitable outcome.