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Re:XCancel suspended "due to a new development in the ongoin... by boston_clone on Monday September 14, 2026 @11:09AM (#49698259)
Perhaps more frustratingly, if you bite the bullet and browse the "new" version on your mobile browser, the page will eventually become non-responsive and have ~60% of your screen covered by a bottom banner that prompts you to download their app to continue. It's like they are actively trying to kill their userbase.
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Re:XCancel suspended "due to a new development in the ongoin... by immibis2 on Monday September 14, 2026 @12:32PM (#49699646)
Like most big tech companies now, they are actively trying to kill their non-contributing userbase, where contributing means viewing an ad for every second post. They know that perhaps 5% of the non-contributing userbase they kill will become contributing userbase, while the other 95% will just leave, and this trade seems good to them.
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Re:XCancel suspended "due to a new development in the ongoin... by saratogacx on Monday September 14, 2026 @12:53PM (#49700052)
On mobile, uBO has been able to get around the "use our app" block. It took a week or two for the filters to get updated but now it is a non-issue. Tested in Firefox and Vivaldi on Android.
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Re:XCancel suspended "due to a new development in the ongoin... by boston_clone on Tuesday September 15, 2026 @01:47PM (#49716086)
Unfortunately, it seems uBO on Safari/iOS needs to get with it! The native “hide distracting items” feature does allow you to select and remove it, though.
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