Elon Musk may flip the switch to make X — the social network formerly known as Twitter — an entirely subscription-based platform. Musk brought up the idea of charging all users of X/Twi…

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Musk brought up the idea of charging all users of X/Twitter during a wide-ranging conversation focused on AI that featured Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday. “[We’re] moving to a small monthly payment for use of the X system,” Musk told Netanyahu, claiming that it is the only way to eliminate the problem of bots, as reported by Bloomberg’s Dave Lee.

Musk didn’t mention timing of his plan to charge X/Twitter users, nor did he say how much it would cost.

Musk, who also is CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, has said X/Twitter ad sales have plunged 50% since he bought the company. “We’re still negative cash flow, due to ~50% drop in advertising revenue plus heavy debt load,” Musk posted on July 15.

  • Nivekk@kbin.social
    33·
    1 year ago

    That would finish off Twitter instantly.

    He’s not THAT dumb. Right guys?

    …right??

    • nyan@lemmy.cafeEnglish
      6·
      1 year ago

      I don’t know. Every time I think that there’s some level to which no sane human being would stoop, this guy manages to surprise me. And not in a good way.

    • llamaEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      Isn’t that supposedly the plan?

    • DomSTR@lemmynsfw.com
      3·
      1 year ago

      Well… Twitter is gone already. For his envisioned Everything whatever thingy, this might be the way to go. We’ll see :)