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newdeal2

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12. Yup get them hooked at a cheap price

Reply to EdmondDantes_ (Reply #5)

Fri Apr 3, 2026, 11:55 AM

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Then raise it down the road when there's no competition.

I remember the "good old days" of cheap Ubers and Netflix. It was all subsidized by VC and ZIRP.

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Ed Zitron on AI companies having deceived users w/subsidized rates they can't afford: There's no way to right this ship [View all] highplainsdem Thursday OP

If you like your news/commentary in audio, Ed Zitron also has a podcast, "Better Offline" RockRaven Thursday #1

Thanks! There's also an r/BetterOffline subreddit where Ed posts as ezitron. highplainsdem Thursday #3

Much love to Ed! BlueNProud Thursday #2

He's been doing brilliant analysis of the AI industry. highplainsdem Thursday #4

Yes indeed BlueNProud Thursday #6

That's kind of the standard business practice now EdmondDantes_ Thursday #5

It's the extent to which they're running at a loss that's anything but standard. Most users now pay $20 or highplainsdem Yesterday #11

Yup get them hooked at a cheap price newdeal2 Yesterday #12

True. But as I said above, we've probably never seen this great a disparity between what customers highplainsdem Yesterday #17

Hard for me to say because I wonder about enterprise customers newdeal2 Yesterday #19

They'll make a quick pivot to mass government surveillance... hunter Yesterday #7

I hope they won't get enough from the government to make up for their losses with all other highplainsdem Yesterday #13

Really interesting WSHazel Yesterday #8

I'm sure there are, but I can't make any recommendations offhand. Ed does link to lots of sources, highplainsdem Yesterday #14

I'm pretty sure Chinese AI will be better and more affordable. David__77 Yesterday #9

Still with the same illegal-training problem, though, and another surveillance worry. highplainsdem Yesterday #15

Makes perfect sense to me. MineralMan Yesterday #10

Thanks! I hope the correction happens soon, so investment money and valuable expertise will go to highplainsdem Yesterday #16

Agreed! MineralMan Yesterday #18