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The warning sign is not traffic for ads, although this will result in a drop in donations eventually. It means that now, people are paying for their AI subscri
by intended 1y ago
The warning sign is not traffic for ads, although this will result in a drop in donations eventually.
It means that now, people are paying for their AI subscriptions, while they don’t see Wikipedia at all.
The primary source is being intermediated - which is the opposite of what the net was supposed to achieve.
This is the piracy argument, except this time its not little old ladies doing it, but massive for profit firms.
- rkomorn 1y agoWait, when were little old ladies the perpetrators of piracy?
- busymom0 1y agoI believe that comment is referencing this recent news: > Sony tells SCOTUS that people accused of piracy aren’t “innocent grandmothers” https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/10/sony-tells-scotus-that-people-accused-of-piracy-arent-innocent-grandmothers/ https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/10/sony-tells-scotu...
- rkomorn 1y agoThank you!
- crazygringo 1y ago> It means that now, people are paying for their AI subscriptions Most people are not paying a cent. And the people that are, are paying for stuff like coding assistance or classification, not the kind of info you get on Wikipedia. Looking up Wikipedia-style information on LLM's is not a driving factor in paid subscriptions to ChatGPT etc.
- thehappypm 1y agoWikipedia was never a primary source to begin with