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Elon Musk says Twitter, now X, is to charge all users subscription fees(www.theguardian.com)

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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.

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567PrimeMover@kbin.social
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Not quite related to the conversation, but I think it would be funny if a CEO tried to run a business into the ground but ended up being the most successful and beloved CEO in the company’s history.

“I know, if I enact a 4 day workweek, nobody will have time to get anything done”

“Okay so that didn’t work… Maybe if I increase staffing, give everyone a raise, the overhead will eat into the company profits and nobody will want to invest!”

“Um… I’ll have the dev team drag their heels on product release! Nobody will want to buy our product if we release a month late. Heck, maybe if we wait until the devs say it’s ready we won’t release anything at all! This plan is sure to work!”

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Kichae@kbin.social
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That certainly would be springtime for them.

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TheThirdAccount@kbin.social
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This person gets the reference!

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StarServal@kbin.social
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“If I give everyone unlimited sick days, then they’ll never show up to work!”

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frokie@lemmy.world
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This needs to be in c/writingprompts

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