Twitter Blue subscription will be reintroduced on Monday, beginning in five countries before rapidly expanding to others. According to a tweet from the company account, web sign-ups will cost $8 per month and iOS sign-ups will cost $11 per month for “access to subscriber-only features, including the blue checkmark.”
According to Crawford, Android users can purchase on the web and use their subscription on their phones. The higher cost for iOS sign ups could be a move by Twitter to offset the cost of Apple’s 30% commission for in-app purchased subscriptions, or it could simply be a move to discourage users from signing up through the Apple Store at all, following a Twitter storm from an enraged Elon Musk over allegations that Apple was cutting advertising on the platform.