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> $20/month feels like a nobrainer if you're in the West.

I earn 2000€ per month as a C# dev in France, (assuming $1 == 1€) I just need a hundred subscriptions like that to have no money left at the end of the month. While I'll admit a 100 subs is a bit much, it's very easy to have 10 or 15.

> If ChatGPT saves you more than 60 seconds a day

Even if it saved me 4 hours a day I wouldn't be paid more.

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If ChatGPT saved you 4 hours a day, you could be less stressed and have more time to do other stuff like exercise

No I would still have to sit at work waiting for the clock to be at the right time to be allowed to leave.

You're not part of the target market, then. Think of it like any other recurring service, e.g., pickup/drop off laundry. It costs way more than doing laundry at the neighborhood laundromat and doesn't save very much time, maybe a couple hours a week. But, if you don't enjoy doing laundry, and you don't have an in-unit washer dryer, it may be worth it.

If you really don't like using your brain to write, then why not spend a bit of money to offload some thinking to this service?

My point was that I'm not a rarity, not everybody makes 100k+ a year even in the "West", there are a lot of people like me that have to watch carefully what they spend.

You're severely underpaid, juniors with 1 year experience can get more in Poland after tax.

I have 14 years experience, same job. But as I said in another comment I have aging parents that I have to take care of and I live in a small town without opportunities.

I had found a high paying job in Switzerland that was close enough but it was canceled due to Covid.

Well, I'm talking about remote jobs which are absolutely prevalent here, so where you live does not matter.

2000€ per month? In France? That's slightly less than software devs earn in Poland, with way lower living costs!

Is this a norm in your country? Which part of France do you live in, if you don't mind me asking?

I live in Belfort in eastern France near the Swiss and German border. It's a small town, there's not many opportunities here but I have aging parents I have to take care of so I can't move.

And you decided to not work remotely and 10x your income instantly, because you'd miss your office and colleagues. Got it!

If it saved you 4hrs/day you could serve more clients if you we’re working as freelancer and therefor more than offset the cost.

If you’re an employee then use that additional 4hrs to focus on other things.

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