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They'll stay as long as it's cheap. The moment any attempt is made to raise the price, the number will crater.

• rvnx 8mo ago
  Maybe: “ok I’m lazy, the app is preinstalled on my phone and it’s free, there are some ads but ok”
  • nickff 8mo ago
    Isn't that the 'bull case' for Gemini?
    • rvnx 8mo ago
      Have the same feeling, they have Gemma-3 that is preparing to be on-device stuff, and getting deployed on iPhone if I understand it right. Then it can be something along the lines of "subscribe to Google XXX or Apple +++ and have 'unlimited' cloud requests"
• metalliqaz 8mo ago
  Also when they start seeing real ads.
  • duderific 8mo ago
    Remember when everyone said Facebook would be dead if they started running ads
    • metalliqaz 8mo ago
      Facebook is dead
  • rvnx 8mo ago
    It started to get deployed: https://chatgpt.com/pricing/ https://chatgpt.com/pricing/ it's called "ChatGPT Go" > This plan may include ads. Learn more > When will ads be available in ChatGPT? We’re beginning in the US on February 9, 2026 > Starting in February, if ads personalization is turned on, ads will be personalized based on your chats and any context ChatGPT uses to respond to you. If memory is on, ChatGPT may save and use memories and reference recent chats when selecting an ad. You pay 8 USD / month and have higher limits and ads