TikTok confirms the company is running a limited-scale test of an ad-free subscription plan, but only says the market is not the US and does not share the price
TikTok is exploring a new way to make money: The popular video app has kicked off a limited-scale test of a monthly subscription service that eliminates ads.
Variety Todd Spangler
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Discussion
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@carnage4life
Dare Obasanjo
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Ads are bad and every app charging you $5-$15 a month continues apace with TikTok seemingly working on a $4.99 per month ad free offering. I don't buy this simply because under $5/month is too low to cover the lost ad revenue. More likely this is a TikTok+ offering like Snapcha…
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@mattnavarra
Matt Navarra
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Will be interesting to see what TikTok classifies as an ad. Will it include branded content, organic posts converted to paid ads etc. But $4.99 seems a tad high without any other subscription perks... But it's probably around the price (perhaps lower) than what X and Meta might g…
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@sillygirlheaven
@sillygirlheaven
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first sub to get zero buys
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@marvelle
Marshall Maher
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Would love to see follow up reporting on whether the introduction of ad-free subscriptions hints that the ad loads on the free services will become insufferable in order to drive new subs
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@saoirserd
@saoirserd
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the people saying tiktok ads are unbearable have clearly never experienced twitch ads
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@popcrave
@popcrave
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TikTok is reportedly testing a paid, ad-free version of its app for $4.99/month, according to Android Authority. [image]
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@saeeddicaprio
@saeeddicaprio
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it literally takes 1 second to swipe past them
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@sadhotgiri
@sadhotgiri
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so in other words they're about to make ads unskippable if you don't buy this. imagine how tired we are
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@defnoodles
@defnoodles
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TikTok is launching a paid ad-free version. Is anyone actually stupid enough to buy it? [image]
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TikTok Confirms It Is Testing an Ad-Free Subscription Tier