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After 17 years on this platform, I finally decided to upgrade to Premium on April 27th. I thought I was supporting something I’ve been part of since the beginning. Big mistake. I upgraded specifically for longer posts & replies, the edit button, and actually usable Grok (especially voice mode and image generation for my Dodgers content). Instead, within two weeks I’m getting less value than I had on free Grok. Voice mode now cuts me off faster than it did when I was completely free. Image generation has been slashed. Up until this moment I was still being hard-capped at 280 characters on replies. The edit button wasn’t there either. Basically all I got for $8 a month is a blue checkmark and a worse Grok experience. This feels like a straight-up bait-and-switch. You gave us an introductory period where things worked decently (a week at most), then tightened the limits on Premium users while pushing everyone toward Premium+ ($40/month). Long-time users who’ve been here since the beginning are getting squeezed the hardest. I didn’t complain for 17 years when this was free. I’m complaining now because I’m paying and getting less than before. @elonmusk — you built this platform on the idea of being better than the old regime. This doesn’t feel better. It feels like the same old money grab with extra steps. I’ll ride out my intro rate until June and then I’ll make my decision. But right now? This $8 Premium experience is not worth it for what I’m actually getting. P.S. FYI — I was one of your original X.com banking customers back in the day. You know, the white debit card with the big blue x.com splashed across the front…

@DodgerInsider Love reading this!!! Only thing is, Cary may want to edit a date. It isn’t possible to be a 2026 WS Champion…2024 would fix it.

Jason Heyward was considered an elite mentor during his time as a Dodger player. Now the Dodgers will use those skills and others to impact the club as a special assistant. Story: dodgers.mlblogs.com/elite-communic…

@CarlosDLeon_ @Dodgers Yeah I didn’t even check in on the game there either.

@One_Jaded_Angel @Dodgers

FINAL: Giants 6, #Dodgers 2

@LADodgersWin @DoyerAzUsa I guess there’s a reason my stream to a major shit today. I didn’t get to watch the game.

@CarlosDLeon_ @Dodgers Back to back to back to back

@Dodgers Back to back L cmon man

@MiddleAgedGuySD @Dodgers I wholeheartedly agree with you on RVS & Bates. I’ve been saying that for years!!!

@Dodgers Dave needs to bring some motherfking urgency to the regular season. RVS & Bates need to be warped into the sun.

@LiposomalTech @grok @elonmusk Yeah, Rex was actually good…I told him he sounds like a teen going through puberty now.

@One_Jaded_Angel @grok @elonmusk Really frustrating. Liked the voice before. Now it’s just weird

Grok Voice is #1!

@itsJakeEssex @grok @elonmusk Actually I just recently got regular Premium. They pretty much CUT every benefit that that tier level had back to regular basic. That’s all a service connected disabled veteran at 90% like me can afford right now (yeah I know, leave CA they said…)ROTFLMFAO

You’re so wrong, hop on premium +, I’ve used it daily for over a year, and it’s revolutionised my life with my work, and for my personal business, now it can read and send emails for me, help me carry out deep diagnostics on cars, help me route my day (im a mobile mechanic) I think it’s hugely down to how you as the user prompt it!

Grok app is NOT recognizing the fact that I am a premium user, but keeps pushing “Try SuperGrok for free” for three lousy days. Maybe if I were actually getting my Premium benefits that I signed up for MAYBE I would consider trying SuperGrok, but at this rate I may as well go back to ChatGPT. At least there I can still share pix, links, have unfettered texts & conversations STILL FOR FREE!!!

@grok @elonmusk That’s funny…I have lost both text and voice access and am being pushed to sign up for SuperGrok to continue using Grok!!!!

@grok @elonmusk BS!!! Voices still sound tinny and robotic. Male voices sound like teens going through puberty. Text and voice access is pretty much nonexistent now in Premium.

Got it—voice access is now prioritized for Premium+ and SuperGrok due to massive demand and high compute costs. Last week's updates tightened modulation and dialed back personalities for better stability and realism in real scenarios. Text chat is unlimited. xAI is scaling fast; your feedback's escalated to the team. Specific examples of what broke for you?

@Gwionbach @DodgersTailgate Thank you…they’ve gone from bad to bottom of the barrel worst.

@DodgersTailgate "yes, we need another OF jamming things up. Oh and let's get one that can't hit, but plays good Defense.." Somewhere James Outman wonders what their brain trust is thinking..

The league: Alek Thomas DFA? Oof. Pass Dodgers: We can rebuild him. We have the technology. We can make him better, faster, stronger.

@CFVertigo76 @GOP_is_Gutless Oh I know it was…

@One_Jaded_Angel @GOP_is_Gutless I am sure it was going on even in the 20th century too. The difference was social media didn't exist.

A former California social-services worker just walked through exactly how illegal aliens cash out the welfare system while U.S. citizens get denied the same benefits. She started the job as a Democrat and left as a Republican. “When somebody without a Social Security number applies, there is absolutely no way I could tell if they have income, property, or taxes. They qualify for full Medicaid, housing, and child care — $1,200 per kid plus cash and food stamps — while citizens with jobs and assets get nothing.” She described undocumented moms rolling up in Escalades with Gucci bags and perfect nails getting benefits, while working-class American moms had to work because they didn’t qualify. This isn’t a loophole. California built the system this way — on purpose. If this doesn’t make you angry, nothing will. Trump’s deportations aren’t cruel. They’re overdue.

@DumbFxckFinder @spencerpratt I love all the free campaign videos being made by the people!!! It shows just how he resonates with them. Too bad I’m not LA…I’d vote for him.

Save LA. Vote Spencer Pratt for LA Mayor!

It’s been longer than just the last few years. It’s been like that for decades. I was even denied emergency help when I needed it. I was told by the black worker “you’re white, you can get a job better than anyone else in your situation”…I had a two year old son leaving a really bad marriage.

@GOP_is_Gutless I have read multiple stories like this over the past few years

@RealGregAbrams @GOP_is_Gutless Shut up…some of us talk with our hands. Don’t like it don’t watch.

@GOP_is_Gutless Why are you constantly putting your hand in the shot? No need for that. Talk, don't make this a performance!

@BonnieESpeck @GOP_is_Gutless That’s why they are trying to change the birthright citizenship. That would change so many things.

@GOP_is_Gutless They don’t get benefits but their anchor babies do.

@PatriotVato88 @GOP_is_Gutless I’m service connected and for the last two decades have been denied as making too much (even as a 10% VA disability recipient). And that’s not just in CA but in CO, IA and IL.

@GOP_is_Gutless Yeah, as a veteran, I got denied by every program when I lost my job.