- Elon Musk plans to raise the Twitter Blue price for those paying on iPhones, per The Information.
- It said Twitter may charge $11 a month for Blue via the iPhone app, but only $7 via its website.
Twitter is expected to raise the price of its verified subscription feature for users paying through the app on iPhones, according to $4.
Twitter Blue is priced at $7.99 a month, the company $4 on its website. But this could change for some users as Twitter plans to charge $11 for payments via its iPhone app, a person familiar with the situation told The Information.
Meanwhile, Twitter has proposed that users who pay for Blue through the website will be charged $7 per month, according to the publication. That's a $4 difference between using an Apple iPhone and the Twitter site to pay for the subscription feature.
The report said the price changes were likely to be a response to Apple's 30% levy on in-app transactions made through its App Store.
Twitter and Apple didn't immediately respond to requests for comment from Insider.
Musk recently rebuked Apple's App Store policies and $4 the tech giant of opposing free speech and monopolizing the market. He also said Apple had $4 from its store.
Two days after $4 on Apple, Musk said he met with CEO Tim Cook at Apple's California headquarters and $4 over Twitter. Musk said Cook was clear that Apple never considered removing Twitter from the App Store.
Twitter first $4 Blue in early November, but it was revoked and postponed until after the midterm elections, per internal communication viewed by $4. Later, Twitter tried rolling out Blue again with gray checkmarks, but then suspended it because of $4.
Musk $4 on November 25 that Twitter was tentatively unveiling Blue on December 2. $4 reported the launch was pushed back as Twitter was trying to dodge the App Store charges.