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by oehpr 131 days ago
If that is the case that I can not understand how a few cents extra from ad spots will make the difference.
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syntaxing 131 days ago
Scale. You can monetize on the people that don’t pay the $200/month. Obviously I have nothing to prove this statement, but I wouldn’t be surprised if the subscriptions are loss leaders.
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wiredpancake 131 days ago
Sam Altman said they are losing money on their $200/m tier.
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wilg 131 days ago
Advertisers will pay MORE per user than users will. That is why they are so valuable to companies offering freemium services!
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oehpr 131 days ago
err... really?

Soooo youtube premium costs $13 CAD, You're saying that google would make MORE money off me if I cancelled that, turned off my ad blocker and just watched videos with the ads?

For things like LLM the inference cost is higher than it is to deliver a video.

What you just said was shocking to me. Absolutely shocking. Where can I find more information?

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