I'm not convinced this is the case. Unlike Google, ChatGPT has clear monetization channels which are not advertising, like ChatGPT+, which is already doing very well, and it's easy to imagine further channels which allow access to specialized models. Additionally, unlike Google, you can only really get away with making your service crappy when you have such a strong moat that it's still significantly better than the competition. The only moat OpenAI has is its model, which is proving a lot easier to replicate than Google circa 2008's moat.
Re:Googling for answers costs you time
by add-sub-mul-div on Sunday July 02, 2023 @04:52PM
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Cable TV has a clear monetization channel, surely there are no ads there.
They have. We pay $20 per month to get priority access.
A lot more than I've ever paid to use the Google search engine.
Paid for service over ads is the new way forward.
Ads and shit doesn't exist because there isn't a clear way to extract value. They exist because the folks that make decisions love ads and shit. You will end up paying a subscription for a bad product with few alternatives, just like most folks end up using Google now and pay with all their data. There simply isn't a good search engine, Google murdered all the real competition and what was left is mediocre.
ChatGPT’s strength is that it’s new on the market, needs to build an audience, and therefore their UI and UX are lean, devoid of gaming.
Same as Google, up until 2008.