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>Apple is hoping to draw in newer developers with lower AI infrastructure costs Good luck, but define "cheaper" ? If you have to pay, no individual will pay,
by jmclnx 5mo ago
>Apple is hoping to draw in newer developers with lower AI infrastructure costs
Good luck, but define "cheaper" ? If you have to pay, no individual will pay, just corporations.
- dylan604 5mo agoHow do you come to this conclusion. I know several people that are absolutely not techy dev types, yet they pay for a subscription to chatgpt.
- emodendroket 5mo agoYou can get a certain portion of the population to pay $20/mo. but I think it's a very small population who's paying enough to actually cover frontier models in agentic workflows right now.
- dylan604 5mo agoEither I've fallen in with a unique group of non-techy people willing to pay for an LLM subscription, or you just not giving enough credit to it. I guess time will tell
- emodendroket 5mo agohttps://www.npr.org/2026/06/04/nx-s1-5791661/chatgpt-gemini-claude-subscription-revenue-openai https://www.npr.org/2026/06/04/nx-s1-5791661/chatgpt-gemini-... > Only about 3% of households were paying for AI in February, using the most recent numbers available from the Bank of America Institute, which researches consumer trends based on the bank's customer transactions. But even among these people I doubt most spring for the $100 plans, let alone are willing to pay hundreds or thousands of dollars per user the way corporate users do.
- dylan604 5mo agoThe funniest part of all of this is that, I as a techy dev type person, pay $0 for any LLM account. No, I'm not cheating with a paid by employer account. I just don't use it. So I guess my little group is breaking all of the stereotypes
- JumpCrisscross 5mo ago> If you have to pay, no individual will pay Fee with ads is the right fit for most people. But I don't think that describes most Apple customers or developers.