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Which raises the question - who is subsidizing this, and why?
by paxys 2mo ago
Which raises the question - who is subsidizing this, and why?
- internetter 2mo agoPossibly OAI? If you have OAI tokens you are a captive audience. If you have OpenRouter you are bidding on a free market. OpenRouter attributes this promotion to OpenAI https://x.com/OpenRouter/status/2089416739398254662 https://x.com/OpenRouter/status/2089416739398254662
- paxys 2mo agoIs this captive audience not going to switch providers for a 50% discount? Especially when the effort is simply swapping one URL for another?
- maxnevermind 2mo agoWhy though, to AB test/see the impact of a price cut on a platform with multiple competitors?
- OutOfHere 2mo agoOpenRouter is likely just leveraging Codex subscriptions.
- prime_ursid 2mo agoWouldn’t that be against TOS?
- OutOfHere 2mo agoIt might be through a level of indirection via an intermediate provider, offloading the TOS issue to the intermediate provider who couldn't care less.