cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/2399016
Twitter’s new X logo wasn’t made by an in-house designer. It’s from an old podcast hosted by one of the cult that Elon took from his replies.
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Yes, it’s trademarked for use in video games.
And by another company for use in sporting equipment.
And by another company for fiber optics.
And by another company, as follows…
Yeah, maybe should’ve stuck with “Twitter”
That’s too many letters though. I’m starting to think this imbecile is just tired of sounding out all seven letters multiple times a day. X is nice and simple, like him.
Let’s split the difference. “Twit” fits.
We’ll see. The reality is that if you pay enough you can probably get the trademark off of anyone.
True, but
TwitterX isn’t exactly flush with cash right now. And if it aspires to be an “everything app”, it might take more than one payoff.I mean if Elon is going to push it, he has plenty of cash to invest into the company to buy out anything. He’s also not above just using his personal assets for the company. E.g. X.com now redirects to Twitter.com.
Thats true but anyway it doesnt make sense do trash a Brand that has becone verb, has its Logo on Millionen of Websites and is refered to by probably every news Website in existence. Imagine if McDonalds changed their golden M to a gray O.
Imagine the confusion when people order a “Big O”.
Yeah… But maybe not ANYONE… “Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta has already registered an ‘X’ logo in connection to ‘online social networking services’ and ‘social networking services in the fields of entertainment, gaming, and application development.’”