Twitter Blue Plan Set To Cost More For iPhone Users: Report

Twitter's much-talked-about Twitter Blue subscription plan, which is currently on hold may cost more for iPhone users.

Twitter's much-talked-about Twitter Blue subscription plan, which is currently on hold may cost more for iPhone users, the media has reported. According to new Twitter chief Elon Musk, the Twitter Blue plan will cost $7 if users subscribe to it via the web and $11 if they pay for it through the Twitter app for iPhones, says a report by The Information.

The micro-blogging platform has informed some of its employees that it plans to change the pricing of its Twitter Blue subscription service.

The change in pricing is likely a reflection of the 30 per cent cut that Apple takes on revenues from apps for iOS, its operating system for iPhones and iPads, The Information report added.

This comes after Musk criticised the Apple App Store cut, calling it a “hidden 30 per cent tax on the internet" a few days back. To recall, in a tweet, the Tesla CEO also questioned if the iPhone maker hates free speech saying: "Apple has mostly stopped advertising on Twitter. Do they hate free speech in America?"

However, days later, the new Twitter boss and tech billionaire Musk met with Apple CEO Tim Cook and tweeted that a misunderstanding regarding Twitter being removed from Apple App Store had been cleared. This came within a week of Musk claiming that Apple has stopped most of its advertising on the micro-blogging platform and accused the company of threatening to withdraw the platform from its App Store.

When the new Blue was briefly available a few days ago, you could only purchase it through Twitter’s iOS app. Musk was publicly tweeting his displeasure with Apple, it also appeared he wanted to avoid having to pay Apple’s fees, a previous report by The Platformer said.

According to The Platformer report, Twitter staffers have been informed that there will be some changes to the Twitter Blue subscription, including a one-cent price increase from $7.99 to $8 and requiring phone number verification.