Twitter gets a paid subscription: we already know this about Twitter Blue

First of all, Twitter Blue is a subscription service. By paying 2.99 euros per month you get extra functions that make the app just that little bit nicer.

Twitter seems to have passed his mouth, because you cannot close the subscription in the app yet. We do know for sure that a paid Twitter package will arrive.

Multiple things. According to Wong, you can retrieve already sent tweets with Twitter Blue within a certain period of time. This is useful if, for example, you encounter a major spelling error after typing. With Twitter Blue you can retrieve and improve such a message shortly after posting.

Twitter subscribers also get the option to set other color themes and app icons. Non-paying members only have two options: the normal color scheme (blue and white) and the dark mode, which is easier on your eyes.

You can also create so-called ‘Collections’ with Twitter Blue. This makes it easier to categorize tweets that you want to read back later. You can put tweets about the same subject in the same ‘box’.

Finally, Twitter Blue gets a special reading mode. This function makes it more pleasant to read long messages, such as Twitter threads. Authors use these ‘Threads’ to comment on complex topics by pasting multiple tweets together.

It looks like that. According to Wong, Twitter Blue is an extra package for avid users of the app. You do not have to use the subscription.

That is still the question. It probably won’t be long, though. The option has already been added to the App Store and Twitter probably has everything ready to really roll out Blue. When the time comes, you will of course read it iPhone.

To earn money. The company currently makes most of its money from advertising and it probably no longer wants to depend on them. By having multiple sources of income, you are less dependent on one lender.

The advertising industry has recently come under increasing attack. Consider, for example, the battle that Apple and Facebook are currently fighting. The latter believes that the iPhone maker is destroying the advertising industry by blocking trackers. Apple introduced that possibility with iOS 14.5, which came out last month.