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Expiring tokens is a pretty standard business model. Are they lying and saying the tokens never expire?

• hermannj314 2y ago
  Nope they aren't lying, but they lost me as a customer. My Arby's gift card lasted longer than my OpenAI credits, it's a horrible business model and I wish them luck, but I won't be a part of supporting bad models.
  • selimthegrim 2y ago
    Don’t give them any ideas. Next time Starbucks will be popping up in the ChatGPT output, offering to convert your unused tokens to rewards there.
  • nitwit005 2y ago
    Several states banned expiring gift cards. The gift card companies put up signs saying "never expires!" as advertisements in those states. Ethics aren't exactly abundant with this stuff.
• Dylan16807 2y ago
  Standard for who? That's awful model that probably shouldn't be legal. They're already getting a free loan for a service that gets cheaper to provide over time. At most, tokens should expire after years of inactivity and multiple warnings to reset the timer.
  • pc86 2y ago
    "I don't like this thing, so rather than not support that business model the government should make it illegal."
    • Dylan16807 2y ago
      What's your argument? Surely you know that whether that's a reasonable position depends on what "this thing" is. If "this thing" is a business model that puts money in an account and then makes the money expire, I think it should be illegal just like gift card expiration often is. There's no reason to prefer consumer pressure against predatory practices. And their business would run just fine without that aspect. It's not important to their overall business model.