Twitter will relaunch a revamped version of its Twitter Blue subscription service on Monday, which will be more expensive for iOS owners, the company said, users can subscribe to the revamped service, which will allow them to view posts higher, edit tweets, upload 1080p videos and get account verification. with a blue checkmark.
These users will also see half as many ads as free account holders.
These amenities come at a cost of $8 a month, but not for everyone. According to Reuters, Apple iOS users will pay more, i.e. $11. The platform announced that it would withdraw “official” designations from the verified profiles of politicians, celebrities, companies and public institutions.
Instead, the platform is to make changes to the way other verified accounts are displayed. According to Director of Product Management Esther Crawford, verified business accounts for platforms will soon display gold tags, while government and other official accounts will have gray tags. This is another measure taken by the company to mitigate the problem of “verified” impersonators.
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Twitter did not explain why Apple users will be charged higher fees, but there have been reports that the company was looking for ways to offset the fees charged on the App Store. “The higher iPhone app subscription price is intended to cover the cost of Apple’s 30% fee on all in-app purchases, but users who sign up on the website should be able to access all of the Twitter Blue benefits in the app.”
Elon Musk again with a mysterious tweet: Bots have a surprise tomorrow
While users are waiting for the return of Twitter Blue, the owner of the platform, Elon Musk, posted another puzzling entry online. “Bots have a surprise tomorrow,” the billionaire tweeted.
Although until the publication of the text it was not known what exactly these words refer to, it can be assumed that it is about Twitter Blue. According to the billionaire and owner of the platform, the service is intended to serve as a means to combat spam and bot accounts on the platform.
Recall that Twitter launched Twitter Blue in early November, then paused it after a slew of fake accounts popped up. The service was then scheduled to restart on November 29, but the deadline was pushed back to December 12.
The end of the war with Apple? Musk visited Tim Cook
In recent weeks, Musk has regularly attacked Apple online. At the beginning of the month, he even decided to meet with the CEO of the company to resolve the dispute.
On December 1, Elon Musk visited Apple headquarters. He also had a secret meeting with Tim Cook (CEO of Apple), which apparently resolved the dispute between the billionaire and his Twitter and the iPhone manufacturer.
The billionaire admitted that he actually spoke with Cook, and one of the topics was a “misunderstanding” about the potential removal of Twitter from the App Store (which was previously feared by Musk). The Twitter owner added that Cook had made it clear that Apple had no plans to remove the social networking site from the iPhone app store.
Elon Musk accused Apple of “hating free speech”
Earlier, Musk bragged to the world about what he thought about Apple in a whole series of tweets. It started with the news that Apple has almost given up buying ads on Twitter. This is quite a common move among advertisers recently. Since the takeover of the site by Musk, there is a lot of mess and uncertainty about the future of the portal. It is fueled by the billionaire himself, still causing more controversy.
Some large corporations – not wanting to be associated with the eccentric Musk – decided to refrain from buying ads or abandon cooperation with Twitter altogether. And Apple is one of the companies that has always tried to stay away from any controversy. The move by Apple, however, did not appeal to the billionaire, who immediately accused Apple of disrespecting freedom of speech.
“Apple has mostly stopped advertising on Twitter. Do they hate free speech in America?” After a while, he asked “what’s going on?”, tagging Tim Cook’s profile.
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