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Re:LLMs Are Cheap by cdblades on Monday June 09, 2025 @03:24PM (#44228334)
> You think AWS are going to subsidies your usage of somebody else’s models

Yes

>indefinitely?

No, and that's the point.

Re:LLMs Are Cheap by Spivak on Monday June 09, 2025 @07:54PM (#44230980)
Have they ever actually done this? I can't think of a time they've actually raised their prices ever that isn't the Route53 passing on registrar costs.
Re:LLMs Are Cheap by sokoloff on Monday June 09, 2025 @08:29PM (#44231196)
They started charging for public IP addresses in early 2024, which was a price increase from zero.
Re:LLMs Are Cheap by cdblades on Tuesday June 10, 2025 @03:45PM (#44240675)
That assumes that they've been similarly situated with an offering that isn't profitable and has no path to profitability.

What company selling a primarily AI-based service right now is making a profit on that service?