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Apple allowing Twitter to completely rebrand with a new com bundle without forcing a new download from the app store was absolutely gross. I can't imagine a single other instance of this ever happening. Seeing that "X" magically pop up on my home screen was one of the most insanely anti-user things I've ever seen them do, not to mention setting a horrific precedent for security.

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They changed the app name and icon. It's not that big of a deal.

> They changed the app name and icon. It's not that big of a deal.

That happens often. What does not is an entirely new com bundle being treated as the same app: https://apps.apple.com/ca/developer/x-corp/id296415947

This should have required a new App Store download. What's next? Is it open season now for CCP spyware shell corps to start buying up apps that get automatically replaced without user consent?

Apple also bent their app naming policy for them. Single letter app names are (were?) not allowed.

I find it funny x.com was one of the six original single letter domains and now it's the only single letter Apple App.

Not an app, but... it smacks of this: (has it been 9 years already? damn)

https://www.forbes.com/sites/amitchowdhry/2014/10/15/u2-says...

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