XCancel shuts down after legal threat from X Corp.

XCancel also down, at least for time being

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XCancel, a service that let users cancel their X (formerly Twitter) subscriptions, has gone offline. The site's operators say they received a cease-and-desist letter from X Corp. on Monday, August 24th, at 8 PM EST, and have stopped the service pending legal advice. They thank users for two years of trust but offer no further details.

On Monday 24th August at 8PM EST, we received a letter from X Corp. asking to cease and desist the service XCancel.
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  1. sea-gold

    Related: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49437283

  2. xvxvx

    Yeah, it’s connected to Nitter.

    I had a number of bookmarked X accounts I would check in on via xcancel. I’ll keep them for now but I assume they’re done for.

    I have zero desire to ever crate an X account. Keep closing doors, Elon, and watch usage drop even more than it already has.

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