The ‘Not-a-bot’ plan was launched in New Zealand and the Philippines at a price of $1 for a year.
Musk plans on launching more such plans and making the subscription-based model a more serious thing.
One will be a premium option and the other one a low-cost version.
Twitter is more than often considered a ground of free speech, from human rights activists to religious talks to even filmy gossip, everything happens here for free. But it seems like ever since his takeover of Twitter, oh I am sorry, X, he has different plans.
After the paid-blue tick plan which had the whole internet divided, we recently saw how a paid X subscription was launched in New Zealand and the Philippines. This was called the ‘Not-a-bot’ and charged $1 for a year of subscription. Musk announced that they were testing with this plan and the main aim of this was to get rid of the annoying bots. Users were asked to pay $1 to access even the basic features of X and those who didn’t pay will be taken to ‘read-only’ mode.
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Two new tiers of X Premium subscriptions launching soon.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 20, 2023
One is lower cost with all features, but no reduction in ads, and the other is more expensive, but has no ads.
This was just the first step of the plan and now Musk plans on launching more such plans and making the subscription-based model a more serious thing.
Elon Musk will introduce two more plans under the X Premium subscription. One will be a premium option and the other one a low-cost version. Both of these will offer similar features but the more expensive plan will come sans any ads. If you go with the cheaper one, then you’ll have to deal with the ads.
Musk announced this new plan by taking to X. He said, “Two new tiers of X Premium subscriptions launching soon. One is lower cost with all features, but no reduction in ads, and the other is more expensive, but has no ads.”
If you can recall, this is not the first time subscription-based models have been launched for X. Until now, there has been an X Pro subscription plan. The X Pro costs ₹650 per month in India. If you’re one of those who want a X Pro account then you can purchase it for the same price on the website. However, if you purchase it on the iOS or Android app, then you’ll have to pay a total of ₹900.
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