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Apple rejects new name 'X' for Twitter iOS app because... rules

www.bleepingcomputer.com Apple rejects new name 'X' for Twitter iOS app because... rules

Mr. Musk may have successfully pushed Twitter's new name and logo, 'X', and even made the vanity domain x.com redirect to the social media website, but that's not to say, the Mathematical double-struck letter will fit the bill everywhere. Apple's App Store can't accept Twitter iOS app's new name due...

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/834308

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"What about X and a space, either before or after?" software developer Yusuf Alp suggested a potential workaround in response to Berlin's post.
"He already has a company called SpaceX," chuckled Berlin.
Gold.
- This is amazing :)
- This could very well indicate resentment of Twitter employees, they were told to change name to X, they tried and it didn't work, so they did nothing else.
  Perfect example of notmyjob.
  
  MaliciusCompliance
- Trailing and leading spaces are almost always trimmed in such cases, but that is indeed very funny.
  
  No no no, make the name "X and a space"!
- That too me way too long to get lol

This is your hourly reminder that being born into a family that owns an emerald mine doesn't automatically make you a fucking genius
- I don't know what's sadder, that he tried to say that the Emerald Mine was a myth or that my Libertarian friends bought that shit.
  
  Your friends being duped is much sadder. Its understandable why he would lie about that. It exposes him as a silver spoon munching brat that what born on 3rd base and thinks he hit a triple.
  Your friends not being skeptical enough to see through the bullshit is sad. Anyone being a fanboy of one of these clowns is sad.
  Semi related: https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/002/561/804/c1f.png

I'm sure this won't end up being a huge deal, but the funny part is that this apparently wasn't planned for. Gives you some insight into how much of a shit show Twitter/X HQ must be right now.
- I think it's fait to just call it Twitter and not "x" or "twitter/x" or "x social" or "Twitter but actually x"
  X will never stick 😅
  
  I think I’m okay with it being referred to as “the social media network formerly known as Twitter” from here on out.
  
  “Elon, stop trying to make X happen. It’s not going to happen.”
- It's been renamed to X on my partner's iPhone so they seem to have gotten round it already.
- That's crazy. He wants to turn the app into an everything app and there isn't even concrete plans in place. Wish I could be a fly on the wall in their meetings. If they even have one.

Lol awesome. Fuck Elon Musk.
- no thanks. I don't fuck manbabies.

It's quite something how Twitter has been constantly tinkered with since musk took over, and instead of making any tangible improvements, it's actually just created more mess.

Seems obvious. They should just add 2 more X's.
- I would prefer if they add one x on either side.
  
  xXx - Sponsored by Vin Diesel?
- It's more fitting than most people might realize with how their "For You" section now shows you full nudity every 5th posts.

Pretty easy solution. Just show it in the App Store as “X - A Social Media App” or some shit
- "The App Formerly Know as Twitter"
  
  The Prince solution, I like it.
- Apple discourages adding subtitle as part of the app name and I don't recall ever seeing one, so they might even disallow it.
  
  Didn’t meta’s threads do that?
- X Media maybe
  
  And then XVideos would be canon.

Inb4 he throws an ego-driven temper tantrum because they won’t make an exception to a rule that has existed since the dawn of the app store specifically for his special ass.
- “Did you know Steve Jobs was a pedo?” “Oh shut up, Elon.”
- Read that as "dawn of the ape store"
  
  I read it is as "tempura tantrum"

Good. I'm all for (even the smallest) confrontations between shitty billionaires and/or shitty corporations.
- Right? Shit politicians too. Ron DeSantis got me rootin' for fucking Disney. I hate Disney in general, but I wish they'd play more serious Illuminati hardball with DeSantis.

That news is actually funny 😁

Good old minimum character validation
- I admittedly didn’t read the article. Is that the reason or does someone already have an app called X? Either way they can just call it like “X - Formerly known as Twitter” but he’s probably too childish to do that.
  
  Yeah, there's just a minimum requirement on app names in the store

X for Twitter
- X FOR iOS is probably better. But being an app developer and dealing with apple bullshit so many times I'm frothing over how delicious this snack is.

Ten
- I'm once again begging you people to not fucking besmirch the debut album of Pearl Jam. Thank you.
  
  Is that what Gordon plays when you don’t see the signal?

X, by X Corp? Fuck Elon btw

If emojies we're allowed we very well know Musk would go for it. 💩X💩

Can they just do “-X-“? Just as stupid, but whatever.
- I vote for xX-[X]-Xx
  Alas, this being the darkest timeline, we'll probably end up with X Social.

I hate to agree with Apple but...

Did they try “X”?
- They should try 𝕏

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