Twitter Reportedly The Price Of A Blue Twitter Subscription On The App Store, On The Web It Was Dropped

The Twitter Blue subscription is reportedly more expensive in the app store. (photo: Twitter @twitterbusiness)

JAKARTA - Twitter Inc plans to change the price of Twitter Blue subscription products to US$11, from the previous US$7.99, if paid via the iPhone app and to US$7 if paid on the website. This news first emerged from The Information on Wednesday, December 7 citing someone who knows about the plan.

According to the report, the move is likely to be a back-pressure on Apple Inc's 30% cut on any payments made by users through apps on the iOS operating system.

Lower prices on websites also tend to encourage more users to that platform than register on their iPhones. It's not stated whether the price will also change for the Android platform.

Musk, who took Twitter ownership last October, plans to launch a verified service for micro blog sites with different ticks for individuals, companies and governments, following a failed initial launch that led to a surge in users posing as celebrities and brands on the platform.

Twitter, Apple and Google, which have an Android operating system, did not immediately respond to requests for comment from Reuters.

Musk, in a series of tweets last week, lists various complaints with Apple, including the 30% costs imposed by the iPhone maker company to software developers for in-app purchases.

He also posted a meme stating that he wanted to "war" with Apple rather than pay the commission.

Musk then met Apple Inc's chief executive Tim Cook at Apple's headquarters and later tweeted that a misunderstanding about Twitter's removal from Apple's app store had been resolved.