[crewindream]

But it is much much simpler to make it consume more tokens.

It’s like that saying “What Andy giveth, Bill taketh away”, but in this case it is one company.

There is definitely a conflict of interest.

[bloppe]

It's the same conflict of interest quite literally any business has. What stops any business from over-charging? Competition.

[crewindream]

> What stops any business from over-charging? Competition.

I fully agree.

> It's the same conflict of interest quite literally any business has.

I know that you know what I meant ;) In the long term it is just as you say - overcharging (eventually corrected by competition forces), but in the short term it can be additional revenue, blamed on a bug, but making some manager look good.