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The owner himself is against transitioning, so it only seems right to deadname his company.

Xitter.

The En-xitification of Xitter

? what do you mean

They mean that we humans are under no obligation to comply with a corporations branding strategies.

See also: Google/Alphabet, Blackwater/MurderInc/Whatevertheyrecallednow

Okay.

Though for me personally, if someone changes their name, I usually try to call them by that name. But usually not the easiest, I admit.

Corporations aren’t people.

Legally they are in the United States, where X is based.

Legally they are, for some purposes.

Socially they are not.

I feel no social obligation to cooperate with a private for profit corporation's marketing strategy. If I ever have legal documents relating to Twitter I will use whatever their legal name is. Until then, they're Twitter.

Okay, but I don't see how that makes a difference.

Are humans under any obligation to comply with anything?

Are obligations even real? lol.

That's deep