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So you are doing something like 400 queries a month and the aggregate value of all those responses is less than $20 to you? I've got to ask, why bother querying

So you are doing something like 400 queries a month and the aggregate value of all those responses is less than $20 to you? I've got to ask, why bother querying it at all?

Beaver117 4y ago
Thats stupid, I use search engines much much more than 400 times a month and they are free.
- yucky 4y ago
  > and they are free The advertisers on Google would tell you otherwise. You are the product, ads are shown to you and you likely will click on one or more of them. Of course everybody says they don't , but the majority of people do.
- jeremyjh 4y ago
  Stupid? If you had no access to a free search engine would you spend $20 a month on it? I sure would. It is also stupid to think that promoted results aren't a cost for you; if the search provider values it, there must be a cost.
  - potatoman22 4y ago
    ChatGPT still has a free tier. I don't think $240/year for faster responses + piloting new features is worth it for most people.
    - deleted 4y ago
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- TchoBeer 4y ago
  Mandatory HN Kagi plug.
- speedgoose 4y ago
  You aren’t the customer on classic search engines. If you don’t use an adblocker with these many searches, you are probably worth more than $20 a month of advertising revenues.
- pcdoodle 4y ago
  "Best new 2023 top 10 monetized link page match you like it please adword affiliate link such many money give me". Take my $20.00
- sebzim4500 4y ago
  And if someone offered you $20 a month to never use a search engine would you really take it?
- beambot 4y ago
  Actually, Google search has an ARPU of ~$256 per year [1] -- i.e. they're monetizing your eyeballs for about $20 a month. I applaud OpenAI: Please keep the service paid & ad-free. Thanks! [1] https://mondaynote.com/the-arpus-of-the-big-four-dwarf-everybody-else-e5b02a579ed3 https://mondaynote.com/the-arpus-of-the-big-four-dwarf-every...
pydry 4y ago
Curiosity?
webstrand 4y ago
Mostly because it's free. But it clearly has some value to me, mostly as an engine for figuring out what terms I _actually_ need to search Google for. And if they offered a tier closer to the amount of value I get from it, I'd probably pay that.

So you are doing something like 400 queries a month and the aggregate value of all those responses is less than $20 to you? I've got to ask, why bother querying it at all?

Beaver117 4y ago

Thats stupid, I use search engines much much more than 400 times a month and they are free.

yucky 4y ago
> and they are free The advertisers on Google would tell you otherwise. You are the product, ads are shown to you and you likely will click on one or more of them. Of course everybody says they don't , but the majority of people do.
jeremyjh 4y ago
Stupid? If you had no access to a free search engine would you spend $20 a month on it? I sure would. It is also stupid to think that promoted results aren't a cost for you; if the search provider values it, there must be a cost.
- potatoman22 4y ago
  ChatGPT still has a free tier. I don't think $240/year for faster responses + piloting new features is worth it for most people.
  - deleted 4y ago
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TchoBeer 4y ago
Mandatory HN Kagi plug.
speedgoose 4y ago
You aren’t the customer on classic search engines. If you don’t use an adblocker with these many searches, you are probably worth more than $20 a month of advertising revenues.
pcdoodle 4y ago
"Best new 2023 top 10 monetized link page match you like it please adword affiliate link such many money give me". Take my $20.00
sebzim4500 4y ago
And if someone offered you $20 a month to never use a search engine would you really take it?
beambot 4y ago
Actually, Google search has an ARPU of ~$256 per year [1] -- i.e. they're monetizing your eyeballs for about $20 a month. I applaud OpenAI: Please keep the service paid & ad-free. Thanks! [1] https://mondaynote.com/the-arpus-of-the-big-four-dwarf-everybody-else-e5b02a579ed3 https://mondaynote.com/the-arpus-of-the-big-four-dwarf-every...

pydry 4y ago

Curiosity?

webstrand 4y ago

Mostly because it's free. But it clearly has some value to me, mostly as an engine for figuring out what terms I _actually_ need to search Google for. And if they offered a tier closer to the amount of value I get from it, I'd probably pay that.