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Comment by lanthissa | Hacker News Reader

switching models is insanely cheap compared to token cost on anything signficant, this is a take so cynical it misses the reality

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in any corporate or half compliance-relevant setting switching isn't trivial. new DPA, subprocessor notifications, TIA, procurement review, security questionnaires, plus re-running your evals because prompts don't transfer 1:1. token cost is just one of the line items.

no it really not, even the soggiest bank has multiple api vendors atm.

I agree with parent. I'm not sure where your stance is coming from.

From what I hear, most enterprise AI deployments are seat-based subscriptions with annual commitments.

Yes, I work at a 50 person startup and even here switching from CC to codex or cursor would be non-trivial for multiple reasons - not just the annual commitment.

I don't doubt you but it's amazing how much easier things get when there's another option at 20% of the price, and that's what's going to happen here if these American companies keep trying to squeeze the prices up.

50K FTE global firm. We’re still piloting ChatGPT. AI is a four-letter word and there are ridiculous ceremonies and hundreds of hours of overhead for every trivial use case.

Amusingly, Enterprise credits are more expensive than just paying a zero-commitment on-demand API fee. Personal accounts are still the best value.

my stance is coming from working at one of the soggiest banks and having access to 3 with 2 more coming, and knowing the same is true at 2 of our large competitors.

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