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Re:Advertise in ChatGPT by OtherShrezzing on Tuesday July 21, 2026 @03:23PM (#48996937)
There’s an OpenAI slide deck sitting in Goldman’s IPO preparation department right now with a pair of bullet points that read

>Q3 2027, introduce ‘ad-enhanced’ paid subscription tier

>Q2 2029, complete ad rollout to all paid subscribers

Re:Advertise in ChatGPT by amarcheschi on Tuesday July 21, 2026 @03:52PM (#48997345)
Enshittification

Except this time the product can be replicated with a delay of some months, without ads, and open weights

Re:Advertise in ChatGPT by nubg on Tuesday July 21, 2026 @07:23PM (#48999725)
Is this real or a joke?
Re:Advertise in ChatGPT by one33seven on Wednesday July 22, 2026 @03:34AM (#49003071)
This is what happened with YouTube for instance
Re:Advertise in ChatGPT by lII1lIlI11ll on Wednesday July 22, 2026 @10:32AM (#49007500)
> This is what happened with YouTube for instance

How come I've never seen an ad on YouTube with my Premium subscription? AndroidTV without ad-blocker.

Re:Advertise in ChatGPT by terribleperson on Wednesday July 22, 2026 @04:16PM (#49012789)
They're still in the stage of trying to get uptake on the sub. Ads come later. When they've got sufficient uptake, they'll start to add different sub levels.