<story><title>X/Twitter will begin charging new users $1 a year to access key features</title><url>https://fortune.com/2023/10/17/twitter-x-charging-new-users-1-dollar-year-to-tweet/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>skyyler</author><text>&amp;gt;Well, here is X trying to make a product you pay for.&lt;p&gt;No, this is an attempt to have it both ways. To do data collection &amp;#x2F; data brokerage and ALSO charge users for the service.</text></item><item><author>pard68</author><text>I know people are down on the-social-networking-platform-formerly-known-as-twitter, and
I have no skin in the game, I gave up on social networking about a decade ago, but I think this is the model to beat. Forever the FOSS world has said, &amp;quot;if you do not pay for the product, you are the product&amp;quot;. Well, here is X trying to make a product you pay for.&lt;p&gt;I do not know their new policy on tracking&amp;#x2F;ads&amp;#x2F;spying but even if they do that stuff still, they are making a way for competition that doesn&amp;#x27;t. I think this is good.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>lamontcg</author><text>&amp;quot;you will pay to be the product&amp;quot;</text></comment>
<story><title>X/Twitter will begin charging new users $1 a year to access key features</title><url>https://fortune.com/2023/10/17/twitter-x-charging-new-users-1-dollar-year-to-tweet/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>skyyler</author><text>&amp;gt;Well, here is X trying to make a product you pay for.&lt;p&gt;No, this is an attempt to have it both ways. To do data collection &amp;#x2F; data brokerage and ALSO charge users for the service.</text></item><item><author>pard68</author><text>I know people are down on the-social-networking-platform-formerly-known-as-twitter, and
I have no skin in the game, I gave up on social networking about a decade ago, but I think this is the model to beat. Forever the FOSS world has said, &amp;quot;if you do not pay for the product, you are the product&amp;quot;. Well, here is X trying to make a product you pay for.&lt;p&gt;I do not know their new policy on tracking&amp;#x2F;ads&amp;#x2F;spying but even if they do that stuff still, they are making a way for competition that doesn&amp;#x27;t. I think this is good.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>cmrdporcupine</author><text>Exactly this.&lt;p&gt;I would be entirely supportive of a model where a social network (not social media) was established with modest annual fees with the condition that the usual privacy violation and targeting and engagement hacking wasn&amp;#x27;t going to happen.&lt;p&gt;But that&amp;#x27;s clearly not what this is.</text></comment>