User blog comment:Travis92/(SPOILERS) Retcon in DMTNT/@comment-996391-20170601163042/@comment-2084412-20170602183655

I can accept the changes to Will's "penance" because it was only implied that he was free of the curse after 10 years, not blatantly stated.

The compass, however, just appears lazy to me. One has to spend a lot of effort creating elaborate theories just to justify a continuity error that is very obviously a lack of effort on the writer's part. Jack received his compass from Tia Dalma. That event was referenced in Dead Man's Chest. DMTNT contradicts this. It doesn't ruin the movie or anything, but it is still annoying for any Pirates fan who knows the lore.