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Re:X/Twitter will begin charging new users $1 a year to acce... by mvdtnz on Tuesday October 17, 2023 @10:23PM (#37924213)
That $5,000/mo is 5,000 payment transactions that need to come from somewhere. People running illegal or shady activities are not super fond of leaving their fingerprints all over payment gateways (this is the entire reason cryptocurrencies exist). Even if they're not doing anything illegal, they are certainly violating the TOS and tracking down fresh credit cards each time one of their accounts gets banned presents a significant logistical problem.
Re:X/Twitter will begin charging new users $1 a year to acce... by userinanother on Wednesday October 18, 2023 @07:29PM (#37936193)
Let me introduce you to privacy.com virtual card. Or slash, or stripe, or really any of the virtual cards even from Amex and citi. No issue generating 1000s of new cards and numbers. Phones numbers are a bit more expensive but still under 35c a text verification.