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(Reuters) – Twitter Inc (NYSE:) will relaunch a revamped model of its subscription service Twitter Blue on Monday at a better value for Apple (NASDAQ:) customers, the corporate mentioned in a tweet on Saturday.
The corporate mentioned customers may subscribe to the revamped service that may enable subscribers to edit tweets, add 1080p movies and get a blue checkmark put up account verification, for $8 monthly by means of the online however for $11 monthly by means of Apple iOS.
Twitter didn’t clarify why Apple customers had been being charged greater than others on the internet however there have been media stories that the corporate was in search of methods to offset charges charged within the App Retailer.
Twitter had initially launched Twitter Blue early in November earlier than pausing it as pretend accounts mushroomed. It was then scheduled to launch once more on Nov. 29 however was pushed again.
Elon Musk, who took Twitter non-public for $44 billion in November had in a collection of tweets final month listed numerous grievances with Apple, together with the 30% charge the iPhone maker costs software program builders for in-app purchases.
He had then accused Apple of threatening to dam Twitter from its app retailer and likewise mentioned that the iPhone maker had stopped promoting on the social media platform.
Nonetheless, after a subsequent assembly with Apple chief government Tim Cook dinner, he tweeted that the misunderstanding about Twitter being faraway from Apple’s app retailer was resolved.
Each Twitter and Apple didn’t reply to Reuters request for feedback.
