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.

  • @model_tar_gz
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    81 year ago

    I’ve managed to stay away from Twitter while it was free.

    Pretty sure I’ll manage when it’s blocked behind the paper curtain.

    In fact, they’d have to pay me to join. And with all the new paying subscriptions they’ll have, maybe they’ll have enough.