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Twitter Finally Turns to 'X' on Apple's App Store
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Sounds like a euphemism for "...we really haven't thought this through"
To play the devil's advocate for a second, I genuinely think users/consumers will adopt just about any word, letter, symbol or image that a brand puts on its product(s) if demand is high and the service/product offers something of value.
Even stupid, nonsensical brand names get adopted if the product becomes a household name.
But as of today, what single aspect of x is in any way different from Twitter? What has changed besides some half-baked visual rebranding of its former Twitter-branding?
Surely people are just going to be baffled and keep using and talking about Twitter as they used to if you're not going to do anything with it that cements that it has morphed into something new?
This rebrand is anything but controversial and exciting, because it's all style and no substance.
It's literally just a new permanent dark-mode skin for Twitter. That's all it is. Insanely boring.
Even stupid, nonsensical brand names get adopted if the product becomes a household name.
But as of today, what single aspect of x is in any way different from Twitter? What has changed besides some half-baked visual rebranding of its former Twitter-branding?
Surely people are just going to be baffled and keep using and talking about Twitter as they used to if you're not going to do anything with it that cements that it has morphed into something new?
This rebrand is anything but controversial and exciting, because it's all style and no substance.
It's literally just a new permanent dark-mode skin for Twitter. That's all it is. Insanely boring.
Why does the writer preface his name with "billionaire"? WTF does that have to do with anything?
Some of the takes on Musk and Twitter/X are pretty funny.
Twitter was a hot mess and losing massive money when he bought it. He came in and gutted the dead weight and people were screaming it would crash and burn without them. It kept right on humming and one has to wonder what all those people were doing. Twitter/X usage is now at an all time high.
Musk paid $54.20 per share and people laughed at him. The stock went down 20 something percent after the sale but has slowly crept back up to virtually the price he paid for it ($53.70 as of this morning).
He has a vision for what he wants to turn it into and it remains to be seen how successful that will but, but the guy is the richest person in the world for a reason so it would be kind of foolish to think he is doomed to fail.
I'm not a big fan of the X name, but it's not like he hasn't used it before (Space X, Tesla Model X). The notion of deleting an app because it was renamed is truly bizarre.
I just don't see the dumpster fire that others do here.
Twitter was a hot mess and losing massive money when he bought it. He came in and gutted the dead weight and people were screaming it would crash and burn without them. It kept right on humming and one has to wonder what all those people were doing. Twitter/X usage is now at an all time high.
Musk paid $54.20 per share and people laughed at him. The stock went down 20 something percent after the sale but has slowly crept back up to virtually the price he paid for it ($53.70 as of this morning).
He has a vision for what he wants to turn it into and it remains to be seen how successful that will but, but the guy is the richest person in the world for a reason so it would be kind of foolish to think he is doomed to fail.
I'm not a big fan of the X name, but it's not like he hasn't used it before (Space X, Tesla Model X). The notion of deleting an app because it was renamed is truly bizarre.
I just don't see the dumpster fire that others do here.
Next it will probably be a video sharing section called "Videos". Itll be X Videos. Not to be confused with the other site of the same name.
I'm just happy, and relieved, he's not a US-born citizen!
When you're as rich as he is, you can get whatever you want. And "Blazing Up" is obviously a reference to Weed, sure. But considering how open he's been about that specific drug for years, and seeing him talk on stage and online, AND knowing plenty of folks in my lifetime that have used (and died from) that other drug, if you know you know.
So, you feel branding and brand equity mean nothing? If Apple changed its name to Banana or perhaps a single letter like "X", everything would be fine and dandy and there would be no "drama"?
Musk basically gave away his portion of the purchase of 25 billion. The other parties at X are probably not under water with assets vs. liabilities. Maybe about even. Interest rates may come down eventually so X may stick around even as is.
Such a valuable brand wasted. It is as dumb as if Google changed its name to O. When Google is so recognized it became a verb.
And now instead of Tweeting in Tweeter. Do you eXcreete in X?
And now instead of Tweeting in Tweeter. Do you eXcreete in X?
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You mean like when Google changed their corporate name to Alphabet LLC or when Facebook changed their corporate name to Meta? Sure, this is a bit different because he changed the actually app name....but it's not that different. Things change and the internet goes on. In the meantime Threads' engagement has absolutely cratered, despite the tech media's best efforts. lol
I often find myself accidentally clicking on the X to close the window. Generally when a twitter / x window is embedded in another website, say, with links while browsing Reddit.
Tesla's are impressive, but they're not best in their class, especially not the Model S. That's a $100,000+ vehicle with an interior so minimal it's more like a ~$15,000 Nissan Versa than anything else in that price range.
One look inside of a Mercedes EQS and you'll start to realize where Tesla's profit margins are coming from: luxury car pricing for non-luxury quality.
Hey look Ma...
Elon Musk just managed to rename Twitter to X, a single character App name in the AppStore.
Such App names are not allowed and many of them got rejected by Apple.
Yeah Yeah "Apple CEO Tim Cook defended App Store business practices and said his company treats all software developers equally as he faced questioning Wednesday in front of the House Judiciary antitrust subcommittee." cough cough...
Developers who tried to release an App named X prior Elon Musk should start a class action lawsuit.
The ones who's single character App got rejected by Apple should start a class action lawsuit, too.
And Tim Cook should get accused for lying under oath.
Tim Cook says Apple treats devs fairly in 'street fight for market share' | Cult of Mac
Elon Musk just managed to rename Twitter to X, a single character App name in the AppStore.
Such App names are not allowed and many of them got rejected by Apple.
Yeah Yeah "Apple CEO Tim Cook defended App Store business practices and said his company treats all software developers equally as he faced questioning Wednesday in front of the House Judiciary antitrust subcommittee." cough cough...
Developers who tried to release an App named X prior Elon Musk should start a class action lawsuit.
The ones who's single character App got rejected by Apple should start a class action lawsuit, too.
And Tim Cook should get accused for lying under oath.
Tim Cook says Apple treats devs fairly in 'street fight for market share' | Cult of Mac
Google is still a company. It's just a subsidiary under (the parent company) Alphabet.
LMAO
The reason Musk was removed as CEO of PayPal was partly due to his wanting to rebrand PayPal as X.com, which domain he owned.
He is obsessed with X.
Next quarter's financial update is going to be a crime scene:
Along with another 800$ million dollar debt payment, expect him to stop paying his electric bill next.
Maybe he can install solar panels on the roof, next to the Jerk Lighthouse™, and power their notebooks that way?
Along with another 800$ million dollar debt payment, expect him to stop paying his electric bill next.
Maybe he can install solar panels on the roof, next to the Jerk Lighthouse™, and power their notebooks that way?
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