Twitter to hike Blue pricing for Iphone App Users. Twitter plans to change the pricing of its Twitter Blue subscription product to $11, from $7.99. If paid for through its iPhone app and to $7 if paid for on the website.
The move expected a pushback beside Apple’s 30% cut on any payments made by users via apps on the iOS operating system, the report said.
The lower pricing on the website also expected to drive more users to that platform as opposite to signing up on their iPhones, the report said. It did not mention whether pricing would change for the Android platform as well.
Musk, who took ownership of Twitter in October, is scheduling to roll out the micro-blogging site’s verified service with dissimilar colored checks for individuals, companies and governments after a failed initial launch led to a surge in users copying celebrities and brands on the platform.
Twitter, Apple and Google, which owns the Android operating system, did not directly respond to a request for comment.
Musk, in a series of tweets last week listed many grievances with Apple, with the 30% fee the iphone maker charges software developers for in-app purchases.
He also posted a meme telling he was willing to “go to war” with Apple rather than paying the commission.
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Musk later met Apple chief executive Tim Cook at the company’s headquarters and later tweeted that the misunderstanding about Twitter being removed from Apple’s app store resolved.