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As you identified, not paying for it is a big part of the issue. Running these things is expensive, and they're just not serving the same experience to non-pay
by mh- 1y ago
As you identified, not paying for it is a big part of the issue.
Running these things is expensive, and they're just not serving the same experience to non-paying users.
One could argue this is a bad idea on their part, letting people get a bad taste of an inferior product. And I wouldn't disagree, but I don't know what a sustainable alternative approach is.
- xigoi 1y agoSurely the cost of sending a few HTTP requests and seeing if they 404 is negligible compared to AI inference.
- platevoltage 1y agoI would have no issue if the free version of ChatGPT told me straight up “You gotta pay for links and sources”. It doesn’t do that.
- mh- 1y ago100% agree with that, as I alluded to in my last sentence. And that honestly seems like it might be a good product strategy in the short term.