Twitter has become a paid video hosting service: you can download 60-minute videos
Twitter has announced that its paid users can now upload 60-minute videos. These videos can be in 1080p resolution and must have a file size of up to 2 GB. This option is available when downloading from PC, iOS or Android still has previous limits.
Prior to the innovation, users of paid Twitter Blue accounts could upload 10-minute videos to the platform at 1080p resolution with a file size limit of 512MB.
Twitter said it would consider changing the video quality for distribution.
By allowing longer video downloads, Twitter will also face the problem of anti-piracy. Users can post movies or whole episodes of TV shows. Last month, when Twitter’s copyright protection system briefly went down, users downloaded entire movies in smaller parts.
There are also questions about the monetization of these videos. YouTube has been showing some ads in longer videos, but it’s unclear whether Twitter plans to do something similar.
In addition to the increased video upload limit, subscribers will also receive priority in replies. The company said users will ‘give a slight preference to responses from verified Blue accounts over other responses.’
This means that users will see replies from paid accounts before replies from regular users. Twitter doesn’t describe how it might deal with people who pay to troll or spam other users while getting preferential treatment.
Twitter, led by Musk, relaunched paid Twitter Blue accounts earlier this month after a disastrous initial launch in November. The company now charges $11 a month from iOS users to offset the App Store fee, and $8 a month from people who sign up online.
