Also 20$ per month is way less than what it costs them to run it. Eventually they will need to charge way more to cover their costs, and the people who can't code without an AI assistant will need to pony up :)
That only applies to regular ChatGPT use.
And developers actively using AI for coding can easily spend more than $20/mo for the API.
There are people spending $10-15/day in OpenAI API usage working through Cline.
If you’re not running the model locally, you’re sending your code to them for analysis. Now ByteDance has it.
The issue would be based on the terms of employment and the software license. There’s likely a provision that just says “don’t share” regardless of what the other party will use it for.
To OP’s point, if your company is paying for the sub, then sending the codebase data would be an approved use of the codebase as part of your job.
I hope your current and future employers never find this side of your personality :D