this is basically the equivalent of "we've tried nothing and we're all out of ideas"
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More like they’d rather have a platform of paying neo-nazi users than paying advertisers.
I can't see why you'd pay for a service that still had ads? It's why I've never gotten cable - if I'm paying, I don't want ads.
The whole "pay to avoid ads" model is so weird though.
You look at it backwards. It's 'watch ads to avoid paying'.
Paying is the default way to buy something.
Well, it's the default way of paying for physical objects and professional services.
It hasn't really been the default way of paying for online services.
That's the problem if you want professional online services. Being the product should be the weird option.
I mean, not so much to me. You need to pay for something somehow, either via ads or money.
Hulu has somehow gotten away with it from the start, plenty of people don't seem to mind. In my mind, if the network with greys anatomy has it in their contract that they are exempt from ad-free, what's stopping other companies from leveraging their shows for that sweet ad rev?
I really really hope they eliminate the free tier. That might finally force people to move to other platforms.
So it'll end up being a platform of trolls and bigots just screaming into the void and paying for the privilege. What a fabulous idea.
As tired as I am of hearing about Twitter and Musk, stories of his costly failures always entertain!
Twitter Blue was a failure, and they want to double down on it? Hopefully there's a mark on their profile so they get bullied again.
For someone so clever he do make dumb decisions. I don't have twitter anymore and people like me who left are the reason ad aren't working.
"Ahhh, I know. Memberships, Elon you are a god".
Only people like caturd are the type to buy stuff that gives them a fake sense of popularity.
Once you realize he never was clever, just wealthy, it starts to make more sense.
I will admit I was clueless to it until it was reported more and more. Its important that people understand that he is a very very rich charlatan.
Snake oil salesman with money for marketing
Musk wants to create a super app like WeChat. He needs credit cards first. He is turning Twitter into his old X.
It's the Apple app ecosystem without people willing to hand over credit card information for iTunes music. Apple won the mobile phone market because they had customers willing to pay for apps.
I prefer the web version with adblocker for zero ads experience that costs $0
This IS the same guy that kept raising the price of FSD despite not delivering on promises.
They will just keep bleeding their loyal base of users dry until there is nothing left for them to give.
why do we insist on giving this guy so much free advertising? move on already lol
This is the best summary I could come up with:
According to Bloomberg’s source who attended a Thursday call with X and debt holders that helped Musk finance the acquisition, the company is currently testing Basic, Standard, and Plus variations of the existing premium plan, which currently starts at $8 per month.
However, according to details previously discovered in the X app, the entry-level Basic plan will not reduce the number of ads that users see on the platform, while the Standard tier will show half as many ads — one of the benefits that premium subscribers currently enjoy.
X has not revealed when these new membership tiers will be rolled out in testing or general availability, or what additional benefits (blue check, edit, etc) each plan might include.
During the call, X CEO Linda Yaccarino said that the company’s advertising, data licensing, and subscription revenue is growing quarter-over-quarter “in the high single digits,” and repeated claims from last week’s Code event that around 90 percent of X’s top advertisers have returned to the platform.
X’s finances have been a hot topic for discussion since Elon Musk purchased the company for $44 billion last year (it’s been valued at just a third of that price since).
Musk previously announced plans to boost revenue and eradicate bots by moving to an entirely subscription-based service that would charge every user on the platform.
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