[Aeolun]

Opportunity cost is not the same thing as actual cost. They might have made more money if they were capable of selling the API instead of CC, but I would never tell my company to use CC all the time if I didn’t have a personal subscription.

[eaglelamp]

You’re looking through the wrong end of the telescope. An investor is buying opportunity and it is a real cost to them.

[kaliqt]

Still makes no sense as they’d lose revenue, data, and scale if they don’t subsidize.