Google 2016: here's a new Penguin Update
Some SEO: Oh the disavow tool will go away!
Google 2018: here's a new Core Update
Some SEO: Oh the disavow tool will go away!1!
Google 2020: here's a new Core Update
Some SEO: Oh the disavow tool will go away!!1!ONE
Google 2022: here's a new Search Console Layout
Some SEO: Oh the disavow tool will go away!!1!!1!
Google 2022: here's also a new Disavow Tool Layout
Google 2022: here's the Spambrain Link Update
Some SEO: Oh the disavow tool will go away!!1!!1!onepointone
2023: The Disavow Tool is still around and still has couple very good use cases. Educated people use it daily. Uneducated people als use it daily.
The Disavow tool is a powerful and dangerous tool, has always been.
The Disavow tool is a powerful and dangerous tool, has always been.
Unprofessional, uneducated "I learnt SEO on Twitter" SEOs can cause a lot of damage with it, and that's sad.
Not sad, because the Disavow Tool is bad, but because so many people perform such bad SEO services, in general. the style of the typical question in SEO forums:
"Hey, I just got a SEO client. Now what should I do?"
A fool with a tool, is still a fool.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Christoph C. Cemper 
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