Comment by shipp02

This is a really interesting take. I don't think individuals pay for these subscriptions though, it's usually an organizational license.

They also come with extensive support, documentation and people have vast experience using them. They are also integrated into all other tools if the field very well. This makes them very entrenched. I am not sure OpenAI has any of those things. I also don't know what those things would entail for LLMs.

Maybe they need to add modes that are good for certain tasks or integrate with tools that their users most commonly use like email, document processors.