Re:Google Plans to Invest Up to $40B in Anthropic
by liendolucas on Saturday April 25, 2026 @08:35AM
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And the day you don't have that drug what do you do? If anything you are training people to become dependent on one or more subscription services.
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Re:Google Plans to Invest Up to $40B in Anthropic
by throwaway173738 on Saturday April 25, 2026 @11:05AM
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Solidworks is also a subscription service.
Re:Google Plans to Invest Up to $40B in Anthropic
by bethekidyouwant on Saturday April 25, 2026 @11:04AM
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Like the drug of electricity and Internet, running water grocery stores?
Re:Google Plans to Invest Up to $40B in Anthropic
by nocman on Saturday April 25, 2026 @01:09PM
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I don't think the likelyhood of "electricity and Internet, running water grocery stores" being pulled out from underneath you (either by long term failure or prohibitive cost changes) is anywhere near as high as it is for subscription-based AI tools (at least not in the US).
Re:Google Plans to Invest Up to $40B in Anthropic
by TeMPOraL on Saturday April 25, 2026 @02:26PM
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That was a factor with electricity early on as it was first put to use. The flip side of the infamous "does it make the beer taste better?" adage/nonsense is that, per the story, back then you had breweries build their own power plants, because electricity was just that useful. It took a while for the market to start feeling comfortable with reliability of electricity supply and price point.