It was an open secret after the half confirmation, App Store through, of the subscription. Twitter Blue, the paid version of Twitter is now totally official, although for now its launch will be limited to a couple of countries out of the total in which the company operates.
The Twitter subscription service will initially launch in Canada and Australia (to later reach the United States). Initial functionality will be somewhat limited, but will add additional options to users who subscribe to the service.
In addition to those described in the initial leak, Twitter Blue will allow users a basic point that other free users will not have: the ability to undo the sending of tweets. While this is far from the highly anticipated tweet editing feature, it is a first step that can serve as a substitute.
And we say first step because this option is poor enough to be limited to paid twitter: once a tweet has been sent to publish the publication can be canceled for 30 seconds . More similar to the option present in services like Gmail than a tweet editor.
Twitter Blue: aesthetic advantages and little else for 35 euros a year
The price, which varies by country, is still unknown outside of Australia and Canada (if we leave out the previous leak). In these countries it will cost $ 4.49 AUD and $ 3.49 CAD respectively . If we take into account that it is a monthly subscription, the price of Twitter Blue, taking the Australian as a reference, is about 35 euros per year (2.99 euros per month at the rate of current change).
The rest of the options that Twitter Blue includes are purely aesthetic and not functional. For example, it will allow to change the color of the application and the icon , two options that do not provide more functionality but for which a subscription will have to be paid. Model that, by the way, other social apps like Reddit also have. New view for threads, and a way to organize tweets make up the rest of the news.
Of course, it must be borne in mind that the subscription payment does not include associated extra benefits. The app and the web will continue to show advertising , promoted tweets and the data treatment will be the same. In other words, Twitter Blue subscribers will not have more privacy than free users of the service.
And the truth is that the added functions are not vital for powerful users of the application. Neither for the verified ones. It is not very clear, then, the added value of paid twitter, at least in this initial stage.
