Topline Twitter again delayed the launch of its Twitter Blue subscription service—which allows users to pay $8 per month for a verified badge—in an effort to find a way to circumvent Apple’s 30% fee on all in-app purchases, the Platformer reported on Tuesday, as CEO Elon Musk engages in a public feud with the iPhone maker after it purportedly withdrew its advertising from the social media platform. Twitter Blue’s launch has been delayed once again as the company attempts to circumvent Apple’s App … [+] Store fee.NurPhoto via Getty Images Key Facts According to the Platformer, Twitter will no longer offer Blue subscriptions as an in-app purchase on the Twitter iPhone app when it relaunches. An internal message shared by a product manager on Tuesday said the launch has been delayed to “make some tweaks,” the report added. The changes being made to Blue include raising its price from $7.99 to $8 and requiring phone number authentication among other things. Musk had initially intended to relaunch Twitter Blue—the rollout of which was suspended after it allowed the creation of a wave of impersonator accounts—on Tuesday, but this was delayed to a tentative date of December 2, last week. With this latest delay, the date for Twitter Blue’s launch remains unclear. What To Watch For By not offering Twitter Blue as an in-app… Click below to read the full story from Forbes
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Twitter Blue Launch Reportedly Delayed—Again—As Musk Takes Issue With Apple Store Fees
