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If you don’t want it then just pay for ChatGPT. If you’re angry about it and ALSO don’t want to pay then I’m sure OpenAI doesn’t mind losing you as a customer.

• joquarky 10d ago
  That's not a valid argument to the "OpenAI trained on my content without compensation" crowd.
• simoncion 10d ago
  > If you don’t want it then just pay for ChatGPT. That will work until it very suddenly doesn't. The industry is awash in paid Internet-delivered advert-free services that suddenly got adverts stuck in them. And no, if you're in the US getting a refund for breach of contract won't likely be an option unless your contract explicitly permits you to terminate the contract and receive a refund for the unused time. At least one court has determined that adding adverts to a contracted service -in the middle of most contract periods, rather than at renewal time- that was explicitly advertised as advert-free and requiring contractees to pay an additional like 3 USD per month to remove these new adverts wasn't a breach of contract or a price increase, but was rather a "change in subscription benefits" and was A-OK.
  • JoshTriplett 10d ago
    > That will work until it very suddenly doesn't. Exactly. Once upon a time, cable didn't have ads, which was its primary advantage. Then they realized that they could charge money for the service and advertise to you.
    • simoncion 9d ago
      > Once upon a time, cable didn't have ads, which was its primary advantage. To be pedantic: originally its primary advantage was allowing people who lived in bowls and other places that couldn't get adequate TV reception to watch broadcast TV. Later on, it became a way for those paid subscribers to get access to stuff that wasn't broadcast television.
      • JoshTriplett 9d ago
        Valid pedanticism!