Elon Musk says Twitter, now X, is to charge all users subscription fees

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Elon Musk says Twitter, now X, is to charge all users subscription fees
theguardian.com

Elon Musk has indicated that X, formerly known as Twitter, is preparing to charge all users for accessing the platform.

The X owner said erecting a paywall around the business would ward off the bots, or automated accounts, that have become a bugbear for Musk.

Speaking in a meeting with Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, the Tesla CEO and world’s richest person suggested that X was going to charge its user base. Currently, Twitter only charges users for its subscription service X Premium, which offers perks such as a verified account checkmark and costs $11 a month in the US for iPhones and £11 in the UK.

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I'm convinced he's ruining Twitter on purpose. He's still pissed he was forced into buying it.

I like the theory that he's killing it to prevent us peons from organizing politically.

It'll only work if you kill Facebook, c'mon Elon I don't think you have the balls