Elon Musk’s sister, Tosca Musk, the co-founder and CEO of OTT Passionflix, shared one of the movies from her production, Gabriel’s Inferno, on X. The film-maker remarked that users are enjoying the slow-burn movie on the platform. Reacting to Tosca’s post, Elon invited creators to post their movies, TV series, and podcasts on the X and monetize the same by turning on the subscription service.
Love that people are watching my movies here on X ❤️. This one is a beautiful slow burn. 🔥 Gabriel’s Inferno 🔥 https://t.co/poyU3qS2ml— Tosca Musk (@ToscaMusk) May 9, 2024
Post your movies, TV series or podcast on this platform and monetize by turning on subscriptions! https://t.co/7tMa6LUvcV— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 9, 2024
Seems like Musk is taking on OTT giants Netflix, Prime, and others with his vision of an integrated Everything X app assisted by Grok AI. Can someone remind the billionaire to first get rid of the pirated movies on X that is plaguing the platform?
One user suggested that the platform needs an easily searchable library for videos and Spaces. Another user suggested adding features like watchlist, watch later, etc. to boost such a service. Yet another user suggested ‘automatic transcription’ for the same, like YouTube did for a while. “Add recommendations too,” chipped in another contributor.
There needs to be an easily searchable library of videos and of @xSpaces
That’s what’s missing right now— Emmet Peppers (@EmmetPeppers) May 10, 2024
That, playlists/watch later, PIP, playing while phone locked, and never ever losing my place and restarting from the beginning...they have a ways to go.— Todd Gleason (@todd_gleason) May 10, 2024
Also automatic transcriptions so you can quickly search for any keyword you wish. Youtube used to have this for a while and it was amazing, now suddenly most videos don't have the option. It should be a default, always on, feature for X spaces.— Brandon Smith (@BLSmith2112) May 10, 2024
yes, with recommendations for related ones too— Ben Stephens (@btwphones) May 10, 2024
Meanwhile, users on X, while welcoming the move, reminded Musk that the platform’s subscription is basically broken. Some users lamented that their subscription abruptly disappeared, even as subscribers continued to send money. Others expressed their displeasure over not being granted a subscription for over a year.
Been waiting over a year to get approved for subscriptions— Chase Geiser (@realchasegeiser) May 10, 2024
Can you please help me get my subscription started? It's been over a year since I applied— Viral News NYC (@ViralNewsNYC) May 9, 2024
Then quit leaving them in pending "review" mode in perpetuity Elon. pic.twitter.com/74JmHkNg1y— Aaron Tuttle (@AaronTuttleOK) May 9, 2024
And wait 300 years to get approved!— Volcaholic 🌋 (@volcaholic1) May 9, 2024
My application to allow subscriptions is still pending review from April 2023. That's over a year. I've reached out to support and they just say they have a backlog and they'll get to it. Should these TV, movie, and podcast creators wait over a year before monetization?— Data Driven Investing (@DataDInvesting) May 9, 2024
My subscriptions have been pending for years. People want to subscribe. Please let them.— Shem Horne (@Shem_Infinite) May 9, 2024
It's been 12 months Pending, should I keep waiting? pic.twitter.com/I1ZGFUvbaw— Dave Jones (@eevblog) May 9, 2024
Just waiting on subs to be accepted pic.twitter.com/uhcqYIGpxx— @stevenvoiceover (@stevenvoiceover) May 9, 2024
Sadly most of us have been waiting over a year for Subscriptions— Marjorie Taylor Greene Press Release (Parody) (@MTGrepp) May 9, 2024
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