{"id":1197228,"date":"2023-10-27T15:15:23","date_gmt":"2023-10-27T19:15:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1197228"},"modified":"2023-10-27T15:15:23","modified_gmt":"2023-10-27T19:15:23","slug":"x-introduces-an-ad-free-premium-tier-for-16-a-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1197228","title":{"rendered":"X introduces an ad-free \u2018Premium+\u2019 tier for $16 a month"},"content":{"rendered":"

X is adding two new <\/a>tiers to its subscription offering, previously known as Twitter Blue. The company is adding a new, $16 per month \u201cPremium+ tier\u201d that eliminates ads in users\u2019 following and \u201cfor you\u201d timelines, in addition to the blue checkmark and other existing perks for subscribers. X is also adding a new, lower-cost \u201cbasic\u201d tier that costs $3 a month.<\/p>\n

The new subscription plans come as X\u2019s advertising business has continued to decline, and the company is increasingly reliant on subscription revenue. X has also recently begun testing a program<\/a> that requires all new users in some countries to pay $1 per year in order to post and reply to tweets.<\/p>\n

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introducing Premium+<\/p>\n

\u2013 no ads in For You or Following
\u2013 largest boost for your replies (vs other Premium tiers or unverified users)
\u2013 access to our full suite of creator tools<\/p>\n

now available on Web \u270c\ufe0f <\/p>\n

subscribe here \u2192 https:\/\/t.co\/Ywvyijo9CQ<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Premium (@premium) October 27, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

In addition to removing ads from users\u2019 timeline, X said in a tweet that Premium+ subscribers would get an even bigger algorithmic boost in replies compared with subscribers paying for the cheaper premium level. Of note, it appears that both new tiers are only available via the web, at least for now, which is likely meant to help the company avoid additional fees associated with Apple and Google\u2019s app stores.<\/p>\n

The $3 basic tier appears to be a much more limited set of features compared with Premium and Premium+ and, notably, doesn\u2019t include the blue checkmark or revenue-sharing. Instead, it offers extras like tweets editing, longer posts, the ability to download videos. It also offers a \u201csmall reply boost\u201d and encrypted direct messages.<\/p>\n

The new tiers come amid new reports about Elon Musk\u2019s ambitious plans for X, one year after his takeover of the social media company. Musk, who has often talked about wanting to create an \u201ceverything app\u201d reportedly wants to directly challenge YouTube and LinkedIn, according to a new report<\/ins><\/a> in Bloomberg<\/em>. His exact plans aren’t yet clear, but the company has recently teased new video streaming and job posting features on X.<\/p>\n

Offering additional subscription services could also tie into Musk\u2019s plans to offer banking<\/ins><\/a> and other financial services. (Musk has noted<\/a> that obtaining users’ credit card information is a key first step.) \u201cIn the months to come, we will add comprehensive communications and the ability to conduct your entire financial world,\u201d Musk tweeted in July<\/ins><\/a>. And, according to reporting from The Verge<\/em>, Musk told employees this week that he wants X to be able to completely replace<\/ins><\/a> bank accounts by the end of 2024.<\/p>\n

This article originally appeared on Engadget at https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/x-introduces-an-ad-free-premium-tier-for-16-a-month-191523132.html?src=rss
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\nSource: Engadget – X introduces an ad-free \u2018Premium+\u2019 tier for a month<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

X is adding two new tiers to its subscription offering, previously known as Twitter Blue. The company is adding a new, $16 per month \u201cPremium+ tier\u201d that eliminates ads in users\u2019 following and \u201cfor you\u201d timelines, in addition to the … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[99,110],"tags":[98],"class_list":["post-1197228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-engadget","category-unfiltered-rss","tag-engadget"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1197228","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1197228"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1197228\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1197228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1197228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1197228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}