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by ivank 2061 days ago
Google changed the interpretation of those a year ago. https://webmasters.googleblog.com/2019/09/evolving-nofollow-...
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> Looking at all the links we encounter can also help us better understand unnatural linking patterns.

It appears as though they want to mark these links in order to prevent inorganic SEO, not help it.