So just like any other piece of software that offers a free student license?
Yes, and they're doing it for the same reason.
The is for university administrators, and I don’t think that’s how drug dealing works.
Google offered my Uni free unlimited storage forever a few years ago.
Students are now scrambling to migrate, turns out forever at Google is a lot shorter than you think.
Since we're making silly comparisons, charitable organizations also give things away for "free", making the recipients somewhat dependent on them. There's plenty to criticize OpenAI about, but why associate them with drug pushers?
There are only two industries that call their customers ‘users’.