[travisporter]

I can go on Gemini, claude, mistral, (and even chatgpt) for free (even through a VPN), so they are definitely not profitable for me as they are not getting anything from me. are you saying subscriptions are subsidizing me?

[willmarch]

They’re getting data from you which is quite valuable.

[JanSt]

Google search is also free to use

[idbnstra]

because they have ads. gemini doesn't have ads AFAIK

[bdangubic]

you are the product :)