Elon Musk made clear the company’s approach to Twitter Blue’s redesign after much doubt. He stated that the new premium plan will cost $8 per month, which he disclosed in response to Stephen King’s tweet. Furthermore, the price will be modified based on the country’s purchasing power parity, implying a global debut of Twitter Blue.

According to Musk’s tweet, the social network’s existing verification mechanism is analogous to a “lords and peasants” arrangement. His tweet about the new premium plan indicated that users would be offered verification.

Elon Musk also mentioned some of the features that will be available with this new plan, such as fewer advertisements, priority in replies (which verified handles receive via the “Verified” notification channel), mentions, and search, as well as the ability to upload longer videos than the existing limit of 2 minutes and 20 seconds.

Elon Musk has a habit of quickly changing his mind, so we should take this statement with a level of caution. When Twitter launches its new membership service, this may not be the final set of features.

According to reports earlier this week, Musk and Twitter are reworking the authentication procedure, which might cost up to $20 per month. However, the billionaire appears to have settled on the $ 8-a-month pricing for the time being. According to the sources, current verified users would lose their blue tick if they do not pay for the new subscription plan. Musk has not mentioned any such step in the new subscription plan Twitter thread.

TechCrunch reported earlier today that Twitter is discontinuing support for ad-free articles supplied through its Twitter Blue program. The program’s demise was announced in an email to interested publisher partners.

While Twitter is discontinuing payments and agreements with its latest set of content providers, Musk stated that the business will launch a new program for publishers wanting to engage with the firm to breach paywalls.  He also stated that the subscription income stream will aid Twitter in rewarding content creators, but he did not elaborate.

A date for the implementation of this new premium plan is a critical feature lacking from this thread. According to CNBC, the Tesla and SpaceX executive has set unusually strict deadlines for the Twitter Blue redesign, with some employees required to work 12-hour days.

Twitter Blue is now accessible in the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. Notably, according to Sensor Tower data, Twitter’s app has produced just $6.4 million through in purchases to the deadline, with Blue being the most expensive. Musk and the company will be hoping that such a new subscription model does better than that.