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X jacks up Premium+ prices 37.5%, hits some markets harder (techcrunch.com)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 15 points 4 days ago (1 children)

So if you add 10 million more bots @ $22/a month that's a lot of money laundering.

[โ€“] 46_and_2 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

This seems like the most likely intended consequence to me. They probably know their userbase well, and actual humans declining aren't gonna be swayed to stay by a price hike. Those bots, on the other hand...