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WILL ALL SOCIAL NETWORKS OFFER PAID SUBSCRIPTIONS?

| Kyle Venktess

Snapchat may soon offer a paid, premium version of its service, off the tail-end of intentions by Twitter and other social media platforms. The photo and video sharing app appears to be the latest to be bitten by the ‘premium service bug’, with app analyst and leaker Alessandro Paluzzi tweeting information about the upcoming features as part of the paid version. The service will reportedly be called Snapchat+, and the subscription will offer access to experimental and pre-release features such as the ability to create pins, access to custom Snapchat icons, and a special badge, much like a verification. Snapchat’s premium service is expected to be more pricey, with the cheapest one-month plan costing R77.14 (4.59 Euros). This contrasts with the ballpark figure previously tweeted by Elon Musk for Twitter’s paid service at R31.95 (US$2.00). A six-month subscription to Snapchat+ is expected to cost around R419.79 (24.99 euros), while users can expect to fork out R772.56 (45.99 Euros) for its annual plan. The introduction of Snapchat+ mirrors Musk’s intention for Twitter, after he touted plans for the social network such as the authentication checkmark alongside changes to the platform’s algorithm.

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