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It had a nominal $1 per year fee, but in most of the world (like here in India, where it's now practically a utility), they never charged anything because even a trivial sum like that would have caused a ton of friction. That's why it became so popular.

Is what a priority? Keeping our blue ticks? Well, the purpose of the blue tick was originally to show that the person was someone of note and not a random anon user or impersonator, and to authenticate that. They had specific criteria to meet.

Journalists from lower income countries, for instance, are still journalists, but they don't usually make enough money to pay $240 per year to justify keeping that badge. You may not think it necessary. That's fine.

As far as I know, Twitter Blue is not available in my region. The page says "We’ve launched Twitter Blue in the US, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand." Clicking the "Try Twitter Blue" link on their site just redirects me to my home page.

I have a blue tick on Twitter but there is no way in hell I'm paying $20 per month for it. I live in India and this is a fair chunk of money for people in many parts of Asia. It costs more than my software subscriptions. Only rich celebs will keep it. I guess Musk just doesn't care about the lower income countries out there.

I tried to set up an account on the ImprovMX service the article recommend. Their verification email never reached my GMail account. Nothing in spam either. That's a non-starter straight away.