I'm not particularly inclined to spend money to help Musk out of this mess, but on principle I don't object to subscription software and after having been repeatedly burned by Google in some ways I trust that model more. I've been having a good experience with Discord and so when they offered a low cost basic membership version with some perks, I signed up.
But making it about trashing blue check marks as an elite rather than a "we need a more sustainable revenue base, pay to get a better UX experience" seems like the sort of unforced error that comes from turning away non-loyalist advisors and not listening to existing staff that I bet have studied this question.
I'm not particularly inclined to spend money to help Musk out of this mess, but on principle I don't object to subscription software and after having been repeatedly burned by Google in some ways I trust that model more. I've been having a good experience with Discord and so when they offered a low cost basic membership version with some perks, I signed up.
But making it about trashing blue check marks as an elite rather than a "we need a more sustainable revenue base, pay to get a better UX experience" seems like the sort of unforced error that comes from turning away non-loyalist advisors and not listening to existing staff that I bet have studied this question.
My theory: Musk is secretly being paid by George Soros to destroy Twitter.