> Expect to pay a lot more if/when the market is captive. Yes, this is a possibility but cloud computing became a commodity. But I see why people would pay to

> Expect to pay a lot more if/when the market is captive. Yes, this is a possibility but cloud computing became a commodity. But I see why people would pay to have their own private and unfiltered models/embeddings. > if OpenAI isn't able to get couple hundred bucks over the typical lifetime of a computer it means the added value they provide is very low (like several times less than Spotify or Netflix for instance), meaning they'll never be “the next Google”. They don't have to worry about this today. > What opportunity cost? You could utilize the money and the time spent to do other things.