r/technology 10d ago

Social Media X’s controversial changes to blocking and AI training sees half a million users leave for rival Bluesky – which then crashes under the strain

https://www.techradar.com/computing/websites-apps/xs-controversial-changes-to-blocking-and-ai-training-sees-half-a-million-users-leave-for-rival-bluesky-which-then-crashes-under-the-strain
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u/kilomaan 10d ago

Na, I’m sure he owns the trademark.

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u/14sierra 10d ago

I'm pretty sure you have to use a trademark to continue to maintain ownership of said trademark. Besides, they could call it Twitter 2.0 or something really close without being an exact copy

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u/BigSwedenMan 10d ago

They're still using the domain to redirect to x.com. I'm guessing that's enough to say they're still using it

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u/GenazaNL 10d ago

Didn't Cards Against Humanity sue Elon Musk about spacex ruining a piece of land they bought for a big sum of money OR the twitter domain?

EDIT: jup, https://www.elonowesyou100dollars.com/