Twitter shouldnt be hiding basic app improvements behind its Blue paywall

Twitter launched its new subscription product, Twitter Blue, in the US this week — it’s a $2.99 per month service that promises to make Twitter “more customizable, more frictionless, and simply put — better.”

Let’s start just by looking at what’s actually included in a Twitter Blue subscription.

• Ad-Free Articles (a take on Scroll, for articles you click through on Twitter)


• Top Articles (a take on Nuzzel, for articles discussed on Twitter)


• Themes


• Bookmark folders


• Customizable navigation


• An “undo button” for Tweets


• A “Reader” mode for reading threads


• Twitter Blue Labs for early access features, including longer videos and pinned DMs

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