TechNow Elon Musk wants everyone to pay to use XIs it too late to go back to Twitter?When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
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Is it too late to go back to Twitter?
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(Image credit: Future / Mike Lowe)
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Sharing your thoughts and food pics with the world might soon cost you, even without subscribing to X Premium (formerly Twitter Blue). In a recent livestream Musk said, “We’re moving to having a small monthly payment for use of the system,”
Of course with the introduction of a paywall, X would risk haemorrhaging users and impact advertising revenues considerably. Those users would likely flock to other free-to-use platforms like Meta’s latest, Threads, which now has abrowser versionand isbeing upgraded constantly.
If put behind a payment plan, even a low-cost one, X would become a more walled-garden style site. This would distinguish it from other platforms and is what many people want from the service but might also create an echo chamber effect where the only users willing to pay are all similar, limiting discussion.
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