[ericskiff]

Counterpoint - I pay for my whole team to have access, shared tools, etc. we also spend a decent amount on their APIs across a number of client projects.

OpenAI has a strong revenue model based on paid use

[itishappy]

I don't. I hope you're not paying for my use too.

Ideally they keep us siloed, but I've lost confidence. I've paid for Windows, Amazon Prime, YouTube Premium, my phone, food, you name it, but that hasn't kept the sponsorships at bay.

[manuelmoreale]

If the capitalism mindset applied to the web has taught me anything is that if they can get more money they will.

They’ll charge you money for the service and ALSO get money from advertisers. Because why shouldn’t they.

The famous “if you don’t pay you’re the product” is losing its meaning.

[boringg]

Not compared to the training costs it doesn't and it's competition is fierce especially with llama open-sourcing.

[dylan604]

The second one costs $0.01. The first one cost $100^x where X is some large number. It's common in pretty much every form of business