I'll be very surprised if Musk actually does go through with that promise/idea (even someone like this knows how network effects work, right?), but if he does, I'd say that would be the tipping point.
Just last week a customer called because the Twitter embed on their site didn't work anymore. When we said we'd investigate, they said not to bother and just replace it with a link.
Personally, I’m totally happy if Burger King and Tom’s Plumbing leave Twitter and head to Mastodon, they weren’t the ones making it a good platform in the first place.
I don't think this is true at all. Where did you get this idea they'd charge money for reading and posting?
..."because a bot costs a fraction of a penny call it a tenth of a penny, but if somebody even has to pay a few dollars, some minor amount, the effective cost of bots is very high. And then you also have to get a new payment method every time you have a new bot".
I understand where Musk is coming from, but that's crazy.
I think if X charges even a dollar a year, it'll lose 95%+ of its customer base. Unless, of course, X has some serious value proposition in the future. I don't see much right now.