Simply a week after making ‘Likes’ private, Elon Musk’s X/Twitter mentioned it would quickly make reside stream unique to Premium subscribers. In the previous few months, X has been consistently including new options and locking some like the power to edit posts, share longform content material and others behind a paywall.
Whereas the corporate didn’t share any info on when the change can be enforced, it would make X the one social media that prices customers to host a reside stream. Different social media platforms like Facebook, YouTube, Twitch and extra lets customers begin a video reside stream with out having to pay any cash.
In response to a latest publish by the corporate’s ‘Dwell’ account, “Beginning quickly, solely Premium subscribers will be capable of reside stream. This contains going reside from an encoder with X integration.”
⏩Beginning quickly, solely Premium subscribers will be capable of livestream (create reside video streams) on X. This contains going reside from an encoder with X integration. Improve to Premium to proceed going reside. https://t.co/4uy4Ju0cmU
— Dwell (@Dwell) June 21, 2024
Whereas X hasn’t moved some present options to its subscription tier, there are ample of indicators that the Elon Musk-owned platform may plan for fundamental options. Earlier this 12 months in April, Musk confirmed that X would quickly begin charging a $1 price for brand spanking new customers who wish to publish on the platform and that customers must pay the annual price in the event that they wished to make use of fundamental options reminiscent of bookmark, reply or like posts.
Nonetheless, customers who don’t pay the price will nonetheless be capable of use X to comply with different accounts, learn posts and can ultimately be capable of share posts after three months. To provide you a fast recap, X Primary, Premium and Premium+ subscriptions are priced at Rs 215.87, Rs 566.67 and Rs 1,133.33 per 30 days.