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X has seen a tumultuous few years sinceMusk bought it as Twitterback in 2022.

One of the most talked-about introductions was the new subscription plans in an effort to make the site profitable.

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The tier will now cost members $22 a month, $6 up from the prior $16.

Meanwhile, the Premium X Plus annual cost will go from $168 to $229.

What do you get for the price?

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These are some pretty hefty increases, but X has defended them with three key points.

The first is the Premium Plus will be completely ad-free.

Secondly, users will have access to new features such as Radar,Grok AIand more.

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One of the biggest additions was the newGrok Aurora image generatorwhich aims to create life-like images.

When wecompared it to Gemini, Grok managed to score ahead thanks to its ability to create life-like images.

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