Re:Adobe will charge “credits” for generative AI
by tavavex on Saturday September 16, 2023 @09:24PM
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What would the explanation for charging money here be though? The user is already paying for the license and they're using their own hardware and power to do so. It'd be like charging per use of any other advanced features in locally-run Adobe software.
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Re:Adobe will charge “credits” for generative AI
by taneq on Saturday September 16, 2023 @09:52PM
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Yeah, that’d be as crazy as charging car owners a subscription fee to use their heated seats.
Re:Adobe will charge “credits” for generative AI
by flangola7 on Sunday September 17, 2023 @02:18AM
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> What would the explanation for charging money here be though? The user is already paying for the license and they're using their own hardware and power to do so.
To pay for the privilege of using a very advanced AI model. That's more reasonable than paying to unlock a game character skin that's already on your SSD, and that happens millions of times a day.
> It'd be like charging per use of any other advanced features in locally-run Adobe software.
I don't see anything stopping this.
Re:Adobe will charge “credits” for generative AI
by coldtea on Sunday September 17, 2023 @08:14AM
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>It'd be like charging per use of any other advanced features in locally-run Adobe software.
Software companies already do that. There are kinds of locally-run advanced features that are only enabled with a more expensive subscription tier.