Dec 7 (Reuters) - Twitter Inc plans to alteration the pricing of its Twitter Blue subscription merchandise to $11, from $7.99, if paid for done its iPhone app and to $7 if paid for connected the website, the Information reported connected Wednesday, citing a idiosyncratic briefed connected the plans.
The determination was apt a pushback against Apple Inc's (AAPL.O) 30% chopped connected immoderate payments made by users via apps connected the iOS operating system, the study said.
The little pricing connected the website was besides apt to thrust much users to that level arsenic opposed to signing up connected their iPhones, the study said. It did not notation whether pricing would alteration for the Android level arsenic well.
Musk, who took ownership of Twitter successful October, is readying to rotation retired the micro blogging site's verified work with antithetic colored checks for individuals, companies and governments, aft a botched archetypal motorboat led to a surge successful users impersonating celebrities and brands connected the platform.
Twitter, Apple and Google, which owns the Android operating system, did not instantly respond to a petition for comment.
Musk, successful a bid of tweets past week listed assorted grievances with Apple, including the 30% interest the iphone shaper charges bundle developers for in-app purchases.
He besides posted a meme suggesting helium was consenting to "go to war" with Apple alternatively than paying the commission. work much
Musk aboriginal met Apple main enforcement Tim Cook astatine the company's office and aboriginal tweeted that the misunderstanding astir Twitter being removed from Apple's app store was resolved. work much
Reporting by Akanksha Khushi successful Bengaluru; Editing by Nivedita Bhattacharjee
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