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Similar, yes, but some people are paying OpenAI to be part of this business model, unlike typical free-riding Google and Facebook users.

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If you pay OpenAI full price, this machinery should never be used. The only paying customers getting ads are the “ad supported” tier.

I think you can easily imagine a future where the subscription model token subsidy ramps down and is replaced by ads, but it’s important to use precise language about the current state of the world.

Yes, “Go” plan users pay and also receive ads. They pay less.

Derogatory "Free-riding users". "Free riding users" should have the same privacy as the paying ones.

Will the government pay OpenAI to run an ad-free free tier?

The government could pass laws that prevent advertising becoming mass surveillance and stalking.

Ads don't require pervasive and invasive tracking, and surveillance that Stasi would have wet dreams about.

Kind of silly. You have to pay somehow. Either pony up cash or pay with your eyeballs or data. But I doubt paying will give you privacy either.

I think few will argue it's ethically or legally fine for my website to pay by installing a keylogger through a zero-click Chromium RCE, burying it in the EULA.

Ads don't require pervasive and invasive tracking, and surveillance that Stasi would have wet dreams about.

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