Comment by lelanthran
2 days ago
> First, yes, subs are probably subsided, but I bet a significant % of users are profitable to serve, especially the "chat" users who don't use dev tools and have short context window conversations.
Why would WebChat users need a subscription? It's free; I've even pasted tarballs of entire repos in there, and haven't hit limits!
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More limited features, like lack of model selection, more restricted use of “thinking” models.
>>> a significant % of users are profitable to serve, especially the "chat" users who don't use dev tools and have short context window conversations.
> More limited features, like lack of model selection, more restricted use of “thinking” models.
Yeah, but... do the "chat" users actually care about any of that? Would they even notice a difference?
My point is that, if all you're doing is chat, there's no value in any of the subscription models - for chat the free webapps are more than sufficient, so even someone spending the whole day chatting about something isn't going to hit any limits.
Exactly. The free version is good enough for the vast majority of casual users. According to estimates about 2%-5% of ChatGPT users pay for the service. And people who do pay are looking to get their money's worth.
I’m a “chat” user and notice the difference.