Twitter Blue rolling to iOS.

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https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/twitter/id333903271

Version 9.34.3 5 Nov 2022

Starting today, we’re adding great new features to Twitter Blue, and have more on the way soon.

Get Twitter Blue for $7.99/month if you sign up now

Blue checkmark: Power to the people: Your account will get a blue checkmark, just like the celebrities, companies, and politicians you already follow.

Coming soon…

•Half the ads & much better ones: Since you’re supporting Twitter in the battle against the bots, we’re going to reward you with half the ads and make them twice as relevant.

•Post longer videos: You’ll finally be able to post longer videos to Twitter.

•Priority ranking for quality content: Your content will get priority ranking in replies, mentions and search. This helps lower the visibility of scams, spam, and bots.

Availability: Twitter Blue with verification is currently available on iOS in the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and the UK.

* In-app purchase. Apple takes 30% from the $7.99/month subscription.

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[Fred]

This is the email [@]elonmusk
sent to Twitter employees to let them know they were losing their job 👇

https://t.co/VBCQFVg79G

 

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• This reply was modified 2 years, 5 months ago by Fred.
• This reply was modified 2 years, 5 months ago by Fred.

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Alex5723 wrote:

Coming soon…

•Half the ads & much better ones: Since you’re supporting Twitter in the battle against the bots, we’re going to reward you with half the ads and make them twice as relevant.

Sounds like it must violate Apple’s vaunted privacy. I use DDG’s Privacy Essentials on my Dell computers among other tools. To make ads “relevant” the app would need to know way too much about the user! I have never chosen or would ever do so any offer for any app to make ads more “relevant” as that can be done ONLY by my giving up the most precious thing any of us in a democracy have…our privacy.

I don’t see ANY ads on my Dell computers because I use uBlock Origin and other privacy apps. On my iPhone, I seldom look at Apple News app because of the ads. I haven’t seen ads on any of my computers since about one year after I got my first computer in May 1999 and learned how to block them with the Proxomitron. I read Apple News on my Windows computers because then I see no ads. Gives me a feeling of disdain for Apple (but Apple is still better than Android).

As for Twitter, I don’t do, and never have, any social media. IMO that’s for blabbermouths who don’t value privacy. The app claims “since you are supporting Twitter in the battle against the bots….” Ugh….what “battle”? That’s to try and justify the $8 a month subscription fee? Geez…..

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I don’t see ads on any device I use (PC, Apple devices..)

Mele20 wrote:

Sounds like it must violate Apple’s vaunted privacy.

It won’t as any app has to ask user’s permission for tracking.

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