Twitter Finally Turns to 'X' on Apple's App Store

[alchemistmuffin]

Apparently X received special treatment from Apple, which is more than Musk got

So how long before other developers change their company to single letter and then force Apple to allow that company’s app single letter name to be put on app store? Because Apple doesn’t give out special treatment which means Apple may have changed their policy.

Steve Jobs would never have allowed this to happen. He would’ve rejected the app updated and removed the app from App Store for “having a childish name”.

 

[Flamingdeathbolts]

Elon is that rich kid that crashes their fancy new car while trying to do a burnout to show off.

Just sounds stupid, “yo imma x at ya” “check out my xvideo” which just sounds dirty

 

[inajeep]

Already deleted my personal account and this latest Elon shart reminded me to delete the iphone's app.

 

[JapanApple]

I never write in it! I only read it the letter X looks cool 😂

 

[WarmWinterHat]

That's just not true.

Musk didn't pony up the $44 billion all by himself. People like Larry Ellison and a Saudi prince all took a small stake in Twitter / X

Musk's major shareholders at Twitter include a Saudi prince and the crypto exchange Binance

Billionaire Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal and his Kingdom Holding Company rolled over $1.89 billion in Twitter shares, he said Friday.

fortune.com

Investors who would get ownership stakes in Twitter were also expected to chip in billions. Musk’s original slate of equity partners included an array of parties ranging from the billionaire’s tech world friends with like-minded ideas about Twitter’s future, such as Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison, to funds controlled by Middle Eastern royalty.

Billionaire Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal said Friday that he and his Kingdom Holding Company rolled over a combined $1.89 billion in existing Twitter shares, making them the company’s largest shareholder after Musk. Another equity investor, the cryptocurrency exchange Binance, confirmed Friday that it put in $500 million.

Yes, others were on the deal. They aren't public shareholders, therefor there is no longer any fiduciary duty.

 

[macsplusmacs]

How to X properly:

Keith Edwards (@keithedwards) on Threads

Simple animation that shows how to best use X

www.threads.net

 

[RedWeasel]

X will connect us all in ways we're just beginning to imagine.

It won’t connect me or anyone I know in any way we could imagine.

 

[k1121j]

hahahah hence forth it will be known as "The platform formerly known as Twitter"

 

[antibolo]

Tweets are still called tweets.

This rebranding makes absolutely no sense.

I give them two months before the change is reverted.

 

[blucable]

Ok, I'm not an Elon Musk hater, I actually like him and some of his products and ideas. Some of them are a success but changing twitter to X is just not very smart. I mean I am just trying to find the logic behind this, and to me it does not make any sense (inserts "but why" meme here). As much as I do not like twitter and about never use it, why? just leave the logo and name alone.

 

[SoldOnApple]

I wouldn't bet against Elon Musk's super app plans. I wouldn't bet on it either. But he's rich enough, mad enough, and probably some kind of smart enough to turn his 44 billion dollar boondoggle into something. You don't come from meagre emerald mine money and become the world's richest man owning some of the world's coolest companies without some kind of smarts going on. But I certainly wouldn't bet any of my own money on his success.

 

[SoldOnApple]

Tweets are still called tweets.

This rebranding makes absolutely no sense.

I give them two months before the change is reverted.

He could call it "X by Twitter" or "Twitter by X" or something. Kind of like how Google the company is technically now Alphabet and Facebook the company is technically now Meta, though everyone still just calls them Google and Facebook.

 

[MuppetGate]

"Blaze your glory!"

The Twitter marketing department is now being force-fed a diet of extremely weak sauce.

 

[krspkbl]

I actually like the change. It's still essentially Twitter so doesn't matter what it's called. I'll keep using it!

 

[JungeQuex]

I love how this guy spent 44 billion to break up a circle jerk echo chamber just for fun. That's true sperging out with real purpose.

 

[Will Co]

What a totally meaningless waste of time.... I really do wonder.... is Twitt... sorry X too big to fail?

 

[chrono1081]

“Trusted”….uh no.

 

[sw1tcher]

Yes, others were on the deal. They aren't public shareholders, therefor there is no longer any fiduciary duty.

Again, not true. While there are no longer "public" shareholders anymore, there are private ones. And Musk, as majority owner, still has a fiduciary duty to them and the business.

Keeping Things in Bounds: Private Company Owners Need to Abide by Clear Fiduciary Duties in Managing Their Companies

In February 2009, Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Santonio Holmes made a toe tapping catch in the back corner of the end zone[1] to secure a thrilling, come-from-behind win and crush the hearts of Arizona Cardinals fans in Super Bowl 43. For private company owners running their own firms, the...

www.natlawreview.com

In February 2009, Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Santonio Holmes made a toe tapping catch in the back corner of the end zone to secure a thrilling, come-from-behind win and crush the hearts of Arizona Cardinals fans in Super Bowl 43. For private company owners running their own firms, the boundaries for their conduct are set by the fiduciary duties they owe to their companies.

Fisher Broyles

Fisher Broyles

www.fisherbroyles.com

Breach of Fiduciary Duty.

Just like their public company counterparts, private company directors owe shareholders the fiduciary duties of care and loyalty. While specifics vary by jurisdiction, the duty of care generally requires a director to perform duties with such care as an ordinarily prudent person would use. Directors thus have an obligation to inform themselves of all material information reasonably available to them before making a business decision. A breach of the duty of loyalty can occur when a director uses his or her position to promote a transaction or course of action that personally enriches such director but is not substantively fair to the company.


Elon Musk is sole director of Twitter / X

Elon Musk dissolves Twitter's board of directors

The multi-billionaire has cemented his control over the company by becoming its chief executive.

www.bbc.com

Mr Musk, who also leads electric car maker Tesla, changed his profile details on the social media site to "Chief Twit" after the takeover. It has since been updated to "Twitter Complaint Hotline Operator".

He is now the sole director of Twitter, another filing on Monday showed.



🤣 I love it. Someone gives me a thumbs down/disagrees with me, but doesn't (can't) back it up with proof Musk doesn't have a fiduciary duty to his private Twitter / X shareholders.

 

[winxmac]

Wasn't Twitter considered a word of the year/decade/century? How about X? Letter or word of the year/decade/century?

 

[5580463]

Tweets are still called tweets.

This rebranding makes absolutely no sense.

I give them two months before the change is reverted.

Do you really think that's going to happen? I'd certainly like to see that, he'd just tweet late on a Saturday evening: "just kidding guys, back to twitter.com and the blue bird".

 

[Light_of_Consciousness]

Deactivated my account over a month ago, but I kept Twitter on my phone and would check it sometimes while signed out. As soon as I saw the X logo had replaced that bird, I deleted the app. Want no part of it, thank you.

 

[DEMinSoCAL]

Deactivated my account over a month ago, but I kept Twitter on my phone and would check it sometimes while signed out. As soon as I saw the X logo had replaced that blue bird, I deleted the app. Want no part of it, thank you.

Same here. Just deleted app this morning. My iPhone feels "cleaner" now.

 

[Light_of_Consciousness]

Same here. Just deleted app this morning. My iPhone feels "cleaner" now.

Edited my comment because I don’t remember if the bird was blue or white in the app logo. Ah well, it’s all toast now.

 

[seek3r]

Tweeting became a verb

He doesn't seem to know about brand recognition

I think he may legit be lame enough to be hoping people will call it "blazing" now. It falls right in line with his 14 year old edgelord mentality that sees the initial lineup of cars at Tesla be "S3XY" and the same name used as of the "x" names for conference rooms at the twitter X supervillian-style HQ makeover

Waiting for "extra special blue check marks privileges on 4/20 every year" lol

 

[GizmoDVD]

I hope I still get Cheech and Chong gummy ads every 5 Tweets!