News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on The end of the rip-off economy: consumers use LLMs against information asymmetry. Parent comment

Re:The end of the rip-off economy: consumers use LLMs agains... by ori_b on Wednesday October 29, 2025 @01:06PM (#45749799)
Why wouldn't a company monetize both ways? Paid video streaming services still show ads, and when I pay for a movie in theaters, they're still doing product placements.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:The end of the rip-off economy: consumers use LLMs agains... by jonahx on Wednesday October 29, 2025 @07:02PM (#45754232)
It makes the service worse. I won't pay for a streamer that uses ads. If they start doing that I'm out. Ofc, that doesn't mean it's not a net win for them across all customers, but it does mean there are a subset of customers who are now willing to pay for a different service, and the market has an incentive to service that.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:The end of the rip-off economy: consumers use LLMs agains... by illiac786 on Thursday October 30, 2025 @03:28PM (#45764238)
I really hope LLM becomes a commodity at some point, so self hosting becomes easy.
[ Parent | on HN ]