I think the size iTune Connect reports includes bitcode, and isn't representative of the size of the app once it makes it to a user's device. The information in the original bug report you linked to clearly shows the size increase is limited to the bitcode portion of the binary.
The size I'm referring to is shown in iTunes Connect, which is the administrative side of the App Store that the developer uses to manage their app releases. As far as I'm aware the size shown in the App Store's user-facing UI does reflect the size that will be downloaded by the device. I think it's possible to see this size in iTunes Connect, but since I don't myself have any apps in the App Store I can't easily verify this.
Binary sizes in iTunes connect (from our Xcode 8.3 build) all were 2x-3x larger depending on device.