Richard Lawler
The logic behind putting reading limits on a service that relies on advertising revenue.
Has Elon Musk forgotten that instead of paying to read more on Twitter, people who run into the new limits can just do something else? Despite his posts and retweets about touching grass, it looks like another side effect of monopoly brain, as mentioned in this April episode of The Vergecast.
Separately — Musk has lost Esther Crawford. The former Twitter Blue product manager, who posted a picture of herself sleeping at the office while trying to meet the new boss’ deadline (before being laid off in February), responded to the changes by tweeting:
Hubris + no pushback - customer empathy - data = a great way to light billions on fire
