Twitter will charge iPhone users more for Twitter Blue when it relaunches, all because it doesn't want to give Apple a cut of sales. Full story from the iMore Blog...
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The article doesn’t make much sense.
Seems to be a common issue with these writers lately.
“it plans to change the pricing of its Twitter Blue subscription product to $7 if users pay for it through the web and $11 if they do so through its app for iPhones”.
Basic math:
A 30% “premium” would mean 7*1.3=$9.10 blue check cost + App Store premium.
A 57% premium would mean 7*1.57=11$ blue check cost + App Store premium + Ultra premium.
Basic playing with Media math:
Elon Musk speak with purposeful if not comical intent + Media eat it up getting lots of clicks = eeeeeveryone wins! (Shhh, don’t let the secret out that the blue check will cost the same).
$7 on the web is definitely lower cost than $11 in the app for users. No sure how that's the same. And Elon doesn't say the $11 only reflects the 30%.
Understood. I was just trying to breakdown the absurdity of the Musk claim. I completely believe Musk is treating media like they are a cat and he is dragging around catnip at the end of string.
Regarding the App Store, I think Apple provides the medium at huge cost, so it is reasonable for their 30% year one and 15% year two and beyond(I believe that is the rate for the big players). But where Apple will have to give in IMHO is in-app hyperlinks to alternate website payment. I've been doing it for multiple years with Kindle on IpadOS but instead of the hyperlink I type in the book title in Amazon.
I also think his figures were based on the original $8, rather than $7.
Well 30% of 8 then added to 8 does get it closer to 11. The additional .60 cents we’ll call a hidden twitter internet tax .
Understood. I was just trying to breakdown the absurdity of the Musk claim. I completely believe Musk is treating media like they are a cat and he is dragging around catnip at the end of string.
Regarding the App Store, I think Apple provides the medium at huge cost, so it is reasonable for their 30% year one and 15% year two and beyond(I believe that is the rate for the big players). But where Apple will have to give in IMHO is in-app hyperlinks to alternate website payment. I've been doing it for multiple years with Kindle on IpadOS but instead of the hyperlink I type in the book title in Amazon.
Rounded up for good measure.