Twitter Blue is set to relaunch Monday at $3 more for iPhone app users after Elon Musk complained about Apple's App Store fee - Yahoo Canada Finance

• The relaunch of Twitter Blue was suspended successful November aft a question of impersonations.

• It was suspended again arsenic Elon Musk tried to debar the Apple App Store's 30% fee.

• Twitter said the subscription would beryllium relaunching for $3 much connected iOS.

Twitter said its subscription service, Twitter Blue, volition beryllium relaunching Monday for $8 per period — but users who subcribe done the app connected their iPhone alternatively of via the Twitter website volition person to wage $3 more.

"We're relaunching @TwitterBlue connected Monday – subscribe connected web for $8/month oregon connected iOS for $11/month to get entree to subscriber-only features, including the bluish checkmark," the institution said successful a tweet connected Saturday.

The latest mentation of Twitter Blue, which allowed users to wage for a blue-check verification, was initially launched successful November soon aft Elon Musk's takeover. It was rapidly suspended aft a question of impersonations.

Musk again suspended the motorboat successful precocious November arsenic helium tried to get astir the 30% complaint that Apple's App Store takes from astir of its sales. Musk accused Apple of monopolistic practices, and has antecedently said the interest was "literally 10 times higher than it should be."

Musk besides had claimed Apple "threatened" to region Twitter from the app store, but aboriginal called it a "misunderstanding" aft meeting with Apple CEO Tim Cook connected November 30.

Twitter said the caller Twitter Blue would see the quality to edit tweets and upload 1080p video, arsenic good arsenic a color-coded checkmark system: bluish for paid users, golden for businesses, and grey for "government and multilateral accounts." The institution did not specify what volition hap to existing accounts with bluish checkmarks that bash not acceptable into those categories.

Twitter Blue subscribers volition besides beryllium capable to edit their show sanction oregon illustration photo, but volition temporarily suffer the bluish cheque until their relationship tin beryllium reviewed, the institution said.

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