The root problem is that there is no good way to bill a modest surcharge on top of OpenAI etc. usage costs. GPT store monetization (if they ever get around to

The root problem is that there is no good way to bill a modest surcharge on top of OpenAI etc. usage costs. GPT store monetization (if they ever get around to it) would be a partial solution. But anything that depends heavily on LLM's, but provides a UI layer or integrations is just stuck with a complex and expensive subscription or credits system - even if the vendor wants to give away a free service, they can't just subsidize OpenAI credits for the world. The cloud and mobile appstores created ecosystems for third party developers, viable for both small value add utilities and major apps. The LLM world has yet to do that.