What Is Twitter Blue, Exactly?
Twitter is ready for you to hand over some cash, whether it’s subscribing to the relaunched Twitter Blue service or buying one of the blue bird statues from its San Francisco office. Twitter Blue is one of Elon Musk’s strategies to monetize the social media company and shake up platform dynamics since his April acquisition.
Not sure what exactly you receive for that monthly subscription? Are your eyes glazing over trying to figure out what all these different colored check marks mean? Here’s everything you need to know.
Before you sign up for Twitter Blue, you need to verify the phone number connected to your account and check to see if your account is eligible. Twitter Blue costs $11 per month if you sign up through the iOS store on your iPhone (you can't subscribe through Google Play on Android yet) or $8 per month if you subscribe through a web browser. This price difference is not unheard of for Apple’s App Store; YouTube Music does a similar price hike for iOS originated subscriptions.
