verification was made up by humans though… so it’s an arbitrary definition. And, the original system was fundamentally flawed (like all human systems). You could be verified just by being friends with a twitter employee or by paying someone enough (in which case it literally does mean, ‘i have money!’)

And, you’re not just paying for the blue check. You also get monetization (!!) and other quality-of-life stuff. I think it’s worth it for a power user, just for monetization.

The everything app argument is different, but just because they’re adding new features, doesn’t mean they’re deleting the old ones. And, you don’t have to use those features if you don’t have to. No one is forcing you to.

Personally, I think such an app would be nice, if done right. It would be an easier UX to have the same app do everything, rather than a different app for everything.