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by pottspotts 1225 days ago
Perhaps its time we pay for a service like ChatGPT for an ad-free experience. I'm actually already on the $20/mo plan.
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Maybe. But the cynic in me says it'll wind up being like cable TV or a subscription to the NYT: Since you are well-off enough to afford a $20/month plan, Microsoft will reason, you're the perfect consumer to advertise to. So you get both ads (or at least heavy tracking) and you get to pay.
SEO is not ads and a pay model won’t stop them.