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Re:X still struggles to grow subscription revenue by runjake on Tuesday October 15, 2024 @04:53PM (#41852992)
I'd pay the $11 for no ads.

Currently, I see an ad every 4 tweets on the free plan in the X mobile app. The $11 plan promises to half the ads I see, so that would be every 8 tweets.

I'd get no ads with the $22 plan, but that's way above the amount I'm willing to pay to read tweets.

Currently, I pay nothing and see no ads in my desktop browser, presumably due to uBlock Origin. Then, Control Panel for Twitter[1] fixes the rest.

1. https://jbscript.dev/control-panel-for-twitter

Re:X still struggles to grow subscription revenue by Leynos on Tuesday October 15, 2024 @05:19PM (#41853239)
You get zero ads in Firefox mobile with uBlock Origin and it also doesn't cost you anything.

I am sure that they will kill this eventually, but hey.

Re:X still struggles to grow subscription revenue by worstspotgain on Tuesday October 15, 2024 @05:23PM (#41853258)
If you have to log in to read tweets, you're still the product.
Re:X still struggles to grow subscription revenue by add-sub-mul-div on Tuesday October 15, 2024 @06:06PM (#41853595)
But you'll still see the spam from people who use the $8 as an entry level advertising tier. The top replies to a viral tweet feature onlyfans promoters and other spammers with blue checks.
Re:X still struggles to grow subscription revenue by runjake on Tuesday October 15, 2024 @07:48PM (#41854260)
Control Panel for Twitter seems to be able to hide these.
Re:X still struggles to grow subscription revenue by runjake on Thursday October 17, 2024 @12:18PM (#41871072)
Alas, if I could only learn to tolerate Android and go back to it.
Re:X still struggles to grow subscription revenue by himanshu7net on Wednesday October 16, 2024 @01:22AM (#41855862)
Use pro.twitter.com(earlier called tweetdeck) and add home timeline to the deck.

Voila, Home timeline with zero ads

However, Twitter pro membership is required