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> 10,416 words per hour, 173 words per minute, every minute, 24/7.

Unless I'm misunderstanding something, it does not sound like that much when every query you make carries several hundred words of prompt, context and "memory". If the input you type is a couple words, but has 1k extra words automatically prepended, then the limits turn into 10 queries per hour, or one per 6 minutes.

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Even with that math, I do not interact with ChatGPT 240 times per day.

Not now, but if it'll end up powering next gen Copilot, email suggestions, search interfaces, etc. you might end up interacting with it a lot more each day, without realizing it.

If I’m interacting with it without my knowledge or intent then I am _DEFINITELY_ not paying $20 per month for that.

Well, let's put it differently: all those hypothetical services are using the API in question, so your marginal cost for them taken together adds to $20/month, which they'll pass onto you, and you'll then happily pay, because you find the services useful.

Maybe. I’m pretty frugal and a big fan of doing things myself. I certainly hope that they can some day can provide me with enough value to make spending $20 a no-brainer, but until that’s obvious or unavoidable, I’m not giving them $20 ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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