The medium- to long-term upshot of all of this is that the blue tickmark will go from being a sign of value to a sign of luxury. Most freemium models don’t make

The medium- to long-term upshot of all of this is that the blue tickmark will go from being a sign of value to a sign of luxury. Most freemium models don’t make it apparent to other users whether a specific user is using the free or premium version of the service; unlike those Musk’s does and that’s quite interesting.