[Aany1420]

This is the first time OpenAI has acknowledged that its default pricing model doesn’t scale globally.

Not everyone will pay $20/month. But everyone wants AI.

This India-only plan isn’t just localization, it’s market conditioning. Subsidized entry to hook a new user class, then upsell over time as usage becomes habitual. Feels like the beginning of a playbook we’ll see rolled out in LATAM, SEA, and Africa next

[Manish123_]

100%, I think this also being driven by FOMO around how you can not leave biggest people centres aside...

[Aany1420]

Exactly given that they've added UPI apart from credit cards as the payment method, says it all.