Comment by DrewADesign
18 hours ago
Because they can think more than one quarter into the future? Why on earth would someone adopt something into their core workflow that was fantastically unprofitable? Uncertainty and business don’t mix. Most people aren’t hype-eating bacteria that only care about maximizing their next paycheck.
Regardless of profitability there will always be multiple good LLM vendors as well as open-source alternatives (slightly worse but still pretty good). If one vendor fails then it's easy to switch your core workflow to a competitor.
One reason is that all the code you write with this goes in your private git. If using AI no longer is possible because of cost, you can still profit a lot from what you did with it before.
For consultants? Sure. What percentage of contractors are consultants? And is that better than going with something in your stack that’s sustainable even if it’s not totally optimal? I’d wager most would say no.