Re:OpenAI Is Just Another Boring, Desperate AI Startup
by ElijahLynn on Friday October 03, 2025 @03:21PM
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So so so happy about the "no ads" part and do really hope there is a paid option to keep no ads forever. And hopefully the paid subscriptions keep the ads off the free plans for this who aren't as privileged to pay for it.
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Re:OpenAI Is Just Another Boring, Desperate AI Startup
by somethoughts on Friday October 03, 2025 @03:32PM
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My hot take is that it will probably follow the Netflix model of pricing once the VC money wants to turn on the profit switch.
Originally Netflix was a single tier at $9.99 with no ads. As ZIRP ended and investors told Netflix its VC-like honeymoon period was over - ads were introduced at $6.99 and the basic no ad tier went to $15.99 and the Premium went to 19.99.
Currently Netflix ad supported is $7.99, add free is $17.99 and Premium is $24.99.
Mapping that on to OpenAI pricing - ChatGPT will be ~$17.99 for ad supported, ~$49.99 for ad free and ~$599 for Pro.
Re:OpenAI Is Just Another Boring, Desperate AI Startup
by bryanlarsen on Friday October 03, 2025 @04:08PM
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Netflix has lots of submarine (product placement) ads that you get even on ad-free plans. I expect OpenAI to follow that model too, except it'll be much worse.
Re:OpenAI Is Just Another Boring, Desperate AI Startup
by warkdarrior on Friday October 03, 2025 @04:26PM
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Likely ChatGPT's answers will be slightly modified to mention (in the right context) references to their advertisers. It will be subtle, non-obvious.