← Back to context Comment by paxys 13 hours ago Which raises the question - who is subsidizing this, and why? 6 comments paxys Reply internetter 12 hours ago Possibly OAI? If you have OAI tokens you are a captive audience. If you have OpenRouter you are bidding on a free market.OpenRouter attributes this promotion to OpenAI https://x.com/OpenRouter/status/2089416739398254662 maxnevermind 7 hours ago Why though, to AB test/see the impact of a price cut on a platform with multiple competitors? paxys 11 hours ago Is this captive audience not going to switch providers for a 50% discount? Especially when the effort is simply swapping one URL for another? OutOfHere 12 hours ago OpenRouter is likely just leveraging Codex subscriptions. prime_ursid 11 hours ago Wouldn’t that be against TOS? OutOfHere 10 hours ago It might be through a level of indirection via an intermediate provider, offloading the TOS issue to the intermediate provider who couldn't care less.
internetter 12 hours ago Possibly OAI? If you have OAI tokens you are a captive audience. If you have OpenRouter you are bidding on a free market.OpenRouter attributes this promotion to OpenAI https://x.com/OpenRouter/status/2089416739398254662 maxnevermind 7 hours ago Why though, to AB test/see the impact of a price cut on a platform with multiple competitors? paxys 11 hours ago Is this captive audience not going to switch providers for a 50% discount? Especially when the effort is simply swapping one URL for another?
maxnevermind 7 hours ago Why though, to AB test/see the impact of a price cut on a platform with multiple competitors?
paxys 11 hours ago Is this captive audience not going to switch providers for a 50% discount? Especially when the effort is simply swapping one URL for another?
OutOfHere 12 hours ago OpenRouter is likely just leveraging Codex subscriptions. prime_ursid 11 hours ago Wouldn’t that be against TOS? OutOfHere 10 hours ago It might be through a level of indirection via an intermediate provider, offloading the TOS issue to the intermediate provider who couldn't care less.
prime_ursid 11 hours ago Wouldn’t that be against TOS? OutOfHere 10 hours ago It might be through a level of indirection via an intermediate provider, offloading the TOS issue to the intermediate provider who couldn't care less.
OutOfHere 10 hours ago It might be through a level of indirection via an intermediate provider, offloading the TOS issue to the intermediate provider who couldn't care less.
Possibly OAI? If you have OAI tokens you are a captive audience. If you have OpenRouter you are bidding on a free market.
OpenRouter attributes this promotion to OpenAI https://x.com/OpenRouter/status/2089416739398254662
Why though, to AB test/see the impact of a price cut on a platform with multiple competitors?
Is this captive audience not going to switch providers for a 50% discount? Especially when the effort is simply swapping one URL for another?
OpenRouter is likely just leveraging Codex subscriptions.
Wouldn’t that be against TOS?
It might be through a level of indirection via an intermediate provider, offloading the TOS issue to the intermediate provider who couldn't care less.