> This plan may include ads. Learn more
> When will ads be available in ChatGPT?
We’re beginning in the US on February 9, 2026
> Starting in February, if ads personalization is turned on, ads will be personalized based on your chats and any context ChatGPT uses to respond to you. If memory is on, ChatGPT may save and use memories and reference recent chats when selecting an ad.
You pay 8 USD / month and have higher limits and ads
99% of normies aren't paying for ChatGPT, there's a reason why they're pushing heavy for corporate welfare + government contracts. They're unable to sell to consumers so now they'll selling to governments while trying to lock-in contracts that subsequent people can't easily dismantle.
They'll stay as long as it's cheap. The moment any attempt is made to raise the price, the number will crater.
Maybe: “ok I’m lazy, the app is preinstalled on my phone and it’s free, there are some ads but ok”
Isn't that the 'bull case' for Gemini?
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Also when they start seeing real ads.
It started to get deployed: https://chatgpt.com/pricing/ it's called "ChatGPT Go"
You pay 8 USD / month and have higher limits and ads
Remember when everyone said Facebook would be dead if they started running ads
for 99% of normies ChatGPT is the only LLM provider they know or have heard of.
99% of normies aren't paying for ChatGPT, there's a reason why they're pushing heavy for corporate welfare + government contracts. They're unable to sell to consumers so now they'll selling to governments while trying to lock-in contracts that subsequent people can't easily dismantle.
Google has llm on front page and have more users