I knew someone would say it! That’s not what this is about, dude!
Either way, it’s silly to get super technical about a name. The name tells you what to expect, no need to get your panties in a twist arguing the semantics. IPA or APA, you know that it’s a hoppy beer. If you like hoppy beer, then choose that. Who cares what it’s called? You like it right? Then shutch ya face and drink it!
Same with music genres. Metal for instance…I don’t know if there’s any other style, save for maybe electronic music, that has so many different genres. I think there might be 50 different genres of black metal alone…it’s dumb. “Oh but this isn’t like that other black metal, this is symphonic!” oooooooo! It’s annoying. But that’s how you know what it is. Black IPA, so what if it’s not “pale”? Many IPA’s and pale ales aren’t very “pale” anyway. So shut up about it. You know exactly what to expect if you ordered a black IPA. Even if it is called Cross Dressing Amateur, I’ll still drink it and enjoy the hell out of it because I love that style of beer - dark hoppy beer.
Same for IPA or American IPA or whatever. Let’s not talk about where it came from and what it was originally, but where it’s going. Can’t change the past.