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Re:Tell HN: 48 absurd web projects – one every month on Thursday April 16, 2026 @09:49AM (#47792920)
This looks cool!
Exactly given that they've added UPI apart from credit cards as the payment method, says it all.
This is the first time OpenAI has acknowledged that its default pricing model doesn’t scale globally.

Not everyone will pay $20/month. But everyone wants AI.

This India-only plan isn’t just localization, it’s market conditioning. Subsidized entry to hook a new user class, then upsell over time as usage becomes habitual. Feels like the beginning of a playbook we’ll see rolled out in LATAM, SEA, and Africa next