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> I don't know how long it'll last I'm just baffled no software vendor has already come up with a subscription to access the API via MCP. I mean obviously pai

> I don't know how long it'll last I'm just baffled no software vendor has already come up with a subscription to access the API via MCP. I mean obviously paid API access is nothing new, but "paid MCP access for our entreprise users" is surely on the pipeline everywhere, after which the openness will die down.

Bjartr 1y ago
And I expect there'll eventually be a way for an AI to pay for an MCP use microtransaction style. Heck, if AIs are at some point given enough autonomy to simply be given a task and a budget, there'll be efforts to try to trick AIs into thinking paying is the best way to get their work done! Ads (and scams) for AIs to fall for!
- iLoveOncall 1y ago
  > Heck, if AIs are at some point given enough autonomy to simply be given a task and a budget, there'll be efforts to try to trick AIs into thinking paying is the best way to get their work done! We're already there, just take a look at the people spending $500 a day on Claude Code.
adamesque 1y ago
I think for enterprise it’s going to become part of the subscription you’re already paying for, not a new line item. And then prices will simply rise. Optionality will kill adoption, and these things are absolutely things you HAVE to be able to play with to discover the value (because it’s a new and very weird kind of tool that doesn’t work like existing tools)
pininja 1y ago
Mapbox is just a small step away from that with their MCP server wrapping their pay-by-use API. I wouldn’t be surprised to see a subscription offering with usage limits if that somehow appealed to them. MapTiler already offers their service as a subscription so they’re even closer if they hosted a server like this on their own. https://github.com/mapbox/mcp-server https://github.com/mapbox/mcp-server

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> I don't know how long it'll last I'm just baffled no software vendor has already come up with a subscription to access the API via MCP. I mean obviously pai

by iLoveOncall 1y ago

Bjartr 1y ago
And I expect there'll eventually be a way for an AI to pay for an MCP use microtransaction style. Heck, if AIs are at some point given enough autonomy to simply be given a task and a budget, there'll be efforts to try to trick AIs into thinking paying is the best way to get their work done! Ads (and scams) for AIs to fall for!
- iLoveOncall 1y ago
  > Heck, if AIs are at some point given enough autonomy to simply be given a task and a budget, there'll be efforts to try to trick AIs into thinking paying is the best way to get their work done! We're already there, just take a look at the people spending $500 a day on Claude Code.
adamesque 1y ago
I think for enterprise it’s going to become part of the subscription you’re already paying for, not a new line item. And then prices will simply rise. Optionality will kill adoption, and these things are absolutely things you HAVE to be able to play with to discover the value (because it’s a new and very weird kind of tool that doesn’t work like existing tools)
pininja 1y ago
Mapbox is just a small step away from that with their MCP server wrapping their pay-by-use API. I wouldn’t be surprised to see a subscription offering with usage limits if that somehow appealed to them. MapTiler already offers their service as a subscription so they’re even closer if they hosted a server like this on their own. https://github.com/mapbox/mcp-server https://github.com/mapbox/mcp-server