Apple bends its rule to allow Musk's rebranded Twitter app 'X' to be listed in the App Store

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Apple bends its rule to allow Musk's rebranded Twitter app 'X' to be listed in the App Store
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Apple has bent its App Store rules against one character app names and has allowed Elon Musk's 'X' to be listed in the iOS app storefront.

didn't have such a rule and did allow"X" to mark the spot of the social media platform's Android app.

on the company's headquarters with a pulsating"X" at the top of the building. Not only didn't Musk obtain the necessary permit for this, it seems that neighbors are complaining about the bright light emanating from the sign at the top of the headquarters building.As we've noted before, Elon wants to make"X" a super-app like China's WeChat which is used for instant messaging, mobile payments, and for social media posts.

The author said,"His concept for X.com was grand. It would be a one-stop everything-store for all financial needs: banking, digital purchases, checking, credit cards, investments, and loans. Transactions would be handled instantly, with no waiting for payments to clear. His insight was that money is simply an entry into a database, and he wanted to devise a way that all transactions were securely recorded in real-time.

Eventually, Musk bought the name back from PayPal and we should see a huge transformation in the platform formerly known as Twitter. It would be funny, if after all of the complaints and insults launched at Musk over his running of Twitter, he had the last laugh after all. Getting Apple to greenlight the"X" name in the App Store is just the first step.

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