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moe90@feddit.nl to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months ago

X jacks up Premium+ prices 37.5%, hits some markets harder

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X jacks up Premium+ prices 37.5%, hits some markets harder

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moe90@feddit.nl to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months ago
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Elon Musk's X hikes Premium+ prices by 37.5% | TechCrunch
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X is raising prices for its top-tier subscription service, Premium+, by 37.5% to $22 a month, marking the largest price increase since Elon Musk bought X raises Premium+ prices across all markets globally.
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    “What do you have to say to your advertisers?”

    ‘go fuck yourselves’

    ‘also we’re raising prices for an unrelated reason’

    • Nougat@fedia.io
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      “There’s kind of a lot of people leaving X lately. How do you intend to reinvigorate the user base?”

      ‘this calls for a price increase’

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    I feel like the people who pay for Twitter are probably dumb enough to pay whatever price the muskrat wants, so why not make it $200 a month?

    • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world
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      Then there’s me.

      “Twitter had a premium service??? What the hell would it even do??? I thought they abandoned the blue check mark thing.”

    • NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world
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      so why not make it $200 a month?

      Why not make it $200 a week?

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    How about I pay zero dollars to continue never using that shithole.

    Not asking, fuck you Elon.

  • db2@lemmy.world
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    Wayland is better anyway.

  • chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.world
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    The non-bot accounts are leaving the platform, what should we do?

    Quick, milk the rubes!

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    All that free speech ain’t free, you know.

    • Free_Opinions@feddit.uk
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      It is if you don’t buy premium.

  • 3aqn5k6ryk@lemmy.world
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    Kek. “adjusting” the prices to support the experience it offers. What experiences you dumbfuck.

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    What the fuck is a “premium” X?

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      Premium X is sparkling diarrhea, only produced by the finest assholes on the internet.

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    Who is stupid enough to be paying for that shit? Or is this premium+ what bot accounts need to reach the masses like elon’s shit takes?

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    So if you add 10 million more bots @ $22/a month that’s a lot of money laundering.

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      This seems like the most likely intended consequence to me. They probably know their userbase well, and actual humans declining aren’t gonna be swayed to stay by a price hike. Those bots, on the other hand…

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    Those bots are not going to be happy

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    They should jack it up by 100%

  • AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space
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    It doesn’t have to be competitive any more than the room rates at the Trump Hotel in DC.

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    1. Elon wants more money
    2. Elon wants X to be profitable now
    3. He wants to destroy X so Bluesky can take the throne
    4. He wants Truth Socia to be profitable
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      It’s #1, always #1.

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    It’s premium prices.

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