Elon Musk has indicated that X, formerly known as Twitter, is preparing to charge all users for accessing the platform.

The X owner said erecting a paywall around the business would ward off the bots, or automated accounts, that have become a bugbear for Musk.

Speaking in a meeting with Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, the Tesla CEO and world’s richest person suggested that X was going to charge its user base. Currently, Twitter only charges users for its subscription service X Premium, which offers perks such as a verified account checkmark and costs $11 a month in the US for iPhones and £11 in the UK.

  • @Chocrates
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    41 year ago

    He did the whole hyperloop nonsense to sell more Teslas, so there is precedent for it at least.

    • @QuarterSwede
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      1 year ago

      He did the hyper loop to stop the mass transit systems. Not really to sell more Teslas.