X Corp. kills Nitter and XCancel with legal threats, not code
After years of fighting Nitter with rate-limits and technical blocks, X Corp. finally reached for a lawyer. On August 24 it sent cease-and-desist letters demanding the permanent takedown of all Nitter instances and its repository, plus the Nitter-derived XCancel. The main instance is offline, development is paused, and the maintainer is seeking legal advice. For anyone who hosted or leant on these privacy front-ends, it's a reminder that a project's survival can hinge on one legal letter.