Teased as being a Twitter Blue feature more than a month ago, X has begun prompting users to subscribe to access TweetDeck or XPro.
Despite announcing the perk was live in February, the software for ad revenue sharing is still being developed according to Elon Musk.
Twitter Blue subscribers can now modify their 10 000 character long tweet to be bold or in italics.
The For You page will only feature Twitter Blue subscribers from 15th April.
The allegedly corrupt legacy verification system is being replaced with a pay-to-play system in Twitter Blue.
Twitter Blue is now available in South Africa and costs more than Netflix Basic.
SMS-based 2FA is the most popular form of authentication on Twitter and now it’s being put behind a paywall.
There are as little as 180 000 Twitter Blue subscribers in the US and 290 000 subscribers globally.
Those with the option can now purchase a year of access to Twitter Blue up front.
Twitter Blue is rolling out again, but there are several questions about verification, Android support and global availability.
Twitter Blue could cost more after Elon Musk’s recent discovery that Apple takes a cut from in-app purchases on its App Store.
Elon Musk is putting a lot of faith in the idea that normal Twitter users will pay him $8 a month to verify themselves.
