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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They may not be deploying this to all users

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

What does that mean? If you logout and go anonymous do you still have the issue?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's probably limited to regions rather than user accounts.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

This is testable with vpn

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Possibly. It's impossible to know how they keep track of who to roll it out to. It could be IP-based, or they could put a cookie on your browser that could stick around even after you log out.

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