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LLM subscriptions are such a scam. You’re paying up front $20 to use an LLM when you could just be paying fractions of a penny per use. Majority of users probably do not get their moneys worth by racking up $20 worth of tokens in a month.

I’d really like to see as “pay as you go” gateway for popular LLMs. As Bezos said: “your margin is my opportunity.”

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I think the most consumer friendly options would be a pay as you go model or a pay for tiers of use (e.g., $X for 500 queries, $XX for 1000 queries, etc.).

However they really are banking on the idea that people pay a bunch up front and use it fairly minimally. This allows them to make profit on the subscribers to pay for queries by free users. I have no idea where the pricing model will go in the future but it wouldn’t surprise me if pricing models become the primary method for fighting for market share as opposed to the AI’s actual ability.