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Elon Musk has a new pay-to-play X Premium gambit.

Elon’s X Premium package pitches have included forcing them on celebrities, bundling access to an AI bot of uncertain value, and a chance at a slice of ad revenue generated by other paying customers, in addition to an edit button, blog posts, and fewer ads.

Now he’s offering Premium or Premium Plus (normally $8 or $16 per month) as a free sweetener for accounts with at least 2,500 “Verified subscriber” followers (5,000 for Plus) that presumably also pay for access.

“Going forward, all 𝕏 accounts with over 2500 verified subscriber followers will get Premium features for free and accounts with over 5000 will get Premium+ for free”
Buy 2,500, get one free
Image: Elon Musk (X)
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