According to a person briefed on the plans, Twitter Inc. intends to raise the price of its Twitter Blue membership package from $7.99 to $11 if purchased through its iPhone app and from $7 if purchased on the website.
According to the article, the action was probably a protest against Apple Inc.’s 30 percent share of any payments made by customers through apps on the iOS operating system.
According to the report, the lower cost of the internet was also likely to encourage more customers to join up there rather than on their iPhones.
If prices will also alter for the Android platform was not mentioned.
After a bungled initial rollout resulted in a rise in users posing as brands and celebrities on the network, Musk, who acquired ownership of Twitter in October, plans to roll out the microblogging site’s verified service with various colored checks for people, businesses, and governments.
An inquiry for comment was not immediately answered by Google, which controls the Android operating system, Apple, or Twitter.
Musk cited a number of issues with Apple in a series of tweets last week, including the 30% fee the iPhone manufacturer charges software developers for in-app purchases.
Additionally, he published a meme that said he would be prepared to “go to war” with Apple rather than pay the commission.
Musk later met Tim Cook, the CEO of Apple, at the latter’s offices. Musk then tweeted that the misunderstanding regarding Twitter’s removal from Apple’s app store had been cleared up.
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