“Maybe a slight cost for commercial/government users,” said Musk in a tweet.
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“Twitter will always be free for casual users, but maybe a slight cost for commercial/government users,” tweeted Elon Musk and dropped a hint that the users of this popular social media platform would have to pay for its services in near future.
Elon Musk has dropped a major hint of what Twitter will be like under him as he revealed his plans of making Twitter something like a paywall social media platform. However, he clarified that for “casual users”, Twitter will always be free, but a slight cost may be imposed on commercial and government users, a report in Hindustan Times said.
“Ultimately, the downfall of the Freemasons was giving away their stonecutting services for nothing,” Musk tweeted making premises for introducing a fee for Twitter.
CEO Parag Agrawal said to have expressed worries “about the future of the micro-blogging platform, not his job.”
Twitter will not be absolutely new to the idea of fee-based subscription and Twitter Blue is a similar concept, which gives Twitter’s most loyal customers exclusive access to premium features and app customisation for a small monthly subscription fee. Twitter Blue is available on Twitter for iOS, Android and the web in the US, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, the HT report said.
Meanwhile, a San Francisco dateline news report of the IANS cited Twitter’s current CEO Parag Agrawal who said to have expressed worries “about the future of the micro-blogging platform, not his job.”
Agrawal’s statement came amid media speculations that Musk may replace him and has already lined up a new face for CEO’s position.
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