X, the social network formerly known as Twitter, is now allowing users to download videos from its site, provided they meet a few criteria. First, the creator must explicitly allow downloading for the content they post. Also, the ability to save videos from the site is exclusive to verified users, who are mostly people who pay for a Blue subscription. Elon Musk announced the new feature on his account and explained that a verified user can download content by tapping the three-dot menu (…) in the upper right corner of the screen when a video is in full screen. Musk also mentions that X will soon make it easier to download videos on mobile by simply tapping and holding on the content on the screen.
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Previously, people had to use third-party websites and apps to save videos. Of course, non-paying users still have to use these tools if they want to download content from X. This is not surprising, as the company has been rolling out new features specifically for paying members while making the site less useful for the rest of its user base. In July, it announced that it would limit the number of DMs that non-paying users could send to address its spam problems, and previously limited the number of posts that unverified users could see to 600 per day.
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At the same time, X gave verified users the ability to post up to 25,000 characters and allowed them to upload videos up to three hours long. Most recently, it gave Blue subscribers the option to hide the blue verification badge, in case they don’t want it to be obvious that they’re paying for the service. For those interested in seeing how X has evolved since Elon Musk took over Twitter, the company’s CEO, Linda Yaccarino, just published a list of the changes it has implemented here.
Information source: engadget.com
