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Comment by normie3000

11 hours ago

You've said the same thing.

> Ads will be the last way I chose to do that

The implication is that they've exhausted all other options.

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mh-  11 hours ago

I haven't said the same thing as the parent commenter:

> So, is this OpenAI announcing they're strapped for cash?

It by no means conveys that. It means they haven't figured out another way to monetize something they want to do; it indicates nothing about their financial situation. It means they don't want to sell something at a loss perpetually while they figure it out.

  • Dylan16807  11 hours ago

    Being forced into something you don't want to do, to stop selling at a loss... I would categorize that as some level of strapped for cash.

    • mh-  11 hours ago

      You realize we're talking about a product that is currently free, right? Neither of us have any insight into the margins of their paid offering.

      All this means is: we have a free offering that we can't figure out another way to monetize right now.

      We can each draw our own conclusions about what that might mean for the state of their business, but all of the other inferences (ha) in this thread are conjecture.

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