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And the day you don't have that drug what do you do? If anything you are training people to become dependent on one or more subscription services.

• bethekidyouwant 6mo ago
  Like the drug of electricity and Internet, running water grocery stores?
  • nocman 6mo ago
    I don't think the likelyhood of "electricity and Internet, running water grocery stores" being pulled out from underneath you (either by long term failure or prohibitive cost changes) is anywhere near as high as it is for subscription-based AI tools (at least not in the US).
    • TeMPOraL 6mo ago
      That was a factor with electricity early on as it was first put to use. The flip side of the infamous "does it make the beer taste better?" adage/nonsense is that, per the story, back then you had breweries build their own power plants, because electricity was just that useful. It took a while for the market to start feeling comfortable with reliability of electricity supply and price point.
• throwaway173738 6mo ago
  Solidworks is also a subscription service.