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Old Apr 22, 2021 | 10:18 pm
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Originally Posted by nexusCFX
Well he didn't say they would actually get it done in 2021. But if you plan to kill a feature you generally don't give an implementation timeframe at all, and definitely not something like "late 2021". You just say you're "investigating" bringing the feature back under new system etc etc. Giving a time frame like that is pretty strong evidence that there is no nefarious plan to never do it.
Heck, with all the other changes they made, it would have been super easy just to nuke it back in November without even pretending they were maybe going to bring it back.
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