← Back to context Comment by raw_anon_1111 13 hours ago Just put everyone on pay per use with the API and rip the band aid off. 2 comments raw_anon_1111 Reply coldtea 10 hours ago Even the pay per use is heavily VC subsidied at current prices. raw_anon_1111 7 hours ago All indications are that inference for API use is margin positive for Open AI and Anthropic not the subscription.It will basically cut the hobbyist out and entrench large corporations that can pay the real costs.If that happened and I was working for myself, I would just buy the beefiest computer I could finance and do everything locally.
coldtea 10 hours ago Even the pay per use is heavily VC subsidied at current prices. raw_anon_1111 7 hours ago All indications are that inference for API use is margin positive for Open AI and Anthropic not the subscription.It will basically cut the hobbyist out and entrench large corporations that can pay the real costs.If that happened and I was working for myself, I would just buy the beefiest computer I could finance and do everything locally.
raw_anon_1111 7 hours ago All indications are that inference for API use is margin positive for Open AI and Anthropic not the subscription.It will basically cut the hobbyist out and entrench large corporations that can pay the real costs.If that happened and I was working for myself, I would just buy the beefiest computer I could finance and do everything locally.
Even the pay per use is heavily VC subsidied at current prices.
All indications are that inference for API use is margin positive for Open AI and Anthropic not the subscription.
It will basically cut the hobbyist out and entrench large corporations that can pay the real costs.
If that happened and I was working for myself, I would just buy the beefiest computer I could finance and do everything locally.