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Changing Its Name Tanked X’s Downloads in App Store and Play Store (daringfireball.net)
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Changing Its Name Tanked X’s Downloads in App Store and Play Store::Link to: https://www.threads.net/@eric_seufert/post/CwAiop2OM8U/

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[–] [email protected] 72 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I know this is all just Elon's ineptitude on full display, but there is still part of me that thinks he was paid by certain governments to tank the platform.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

If I understand the news on the matter clearly, he still has one last appeal to overturn his purchase. I think he's hoping to reverse Twitter back to the old owners in a demolished state as a middle finger.