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OpenAI already behaves like big tech. Nothing gets done or spoken without PR, marketing, and lawyers having their say. Not a great signal for their future traje
by etaioinshrdlu 4y ago
OpenAI already behaves like big tech. Nothing gets done or spoken without PR, marketing, and lawyers having their say. Not a great signal for their future trajectory.
- Workaccount2 4y agoTo me what makes them like big tech is way overcharging for something that has a nominal cost to them, on the basis of "value produced".
- stingraycharles 4y agoValue-based pricing really is something much bigger than just “big tech”, and is actually something every business owner should do. I’m surprised to find a comment against value based pricing on HN to be honest.
- Workaccount2 4y agoImagine plumbers used value based pricing.
- alonmower 4y agoThey do, at least to the degree they can, while not being outcompeted by other plumbers. Source: one just quoted me 350 to swap out a faucet
- bogwog 4y agoHow do you build a business if you sell your products/services at cost?
- Workaccount2 4y agoThe cost of everything tech is grossly inflated. Look at Amazon, they make an absolute killing with AWS. It's just fat margins all over. Google and MS price competitively with AWS and happily make a killing too. Sooner or later though, someone is going to come along and say "You know, I'd be fine with a 5% profit margin" and the house of cards will fall while the tech bros cry "value" the whole way down. You could trick yourself into thinking a sharpie is worth $40/mo if you drink enough of the "value" coolaid.
- yazzku 4y agoThat something called "open" needs a sign-up and an API key truly is something to ponder on. Reminds me of how NVIDIA wants you to sign up to download anything CUDA. But fear not, the small watermark on the bottom-right corner of every image is the true cornerstone of AI ethics.