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192 points liurenju | 3 comments | 03 Sep 25 18:38 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
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CyberMacGyver ◴[03 Sep 25 20:45 UTC] No.45120228[source]▶
At this rate it’s better to start a company and get aquihired vs applying and getting hired.

Seems like OpenAI speed ran through the Facebook phase and are out of ideas

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kridsdale3 ◴[03 Sep 25 21:00 UTC] No.45120368[source]▶
Au contraire, based on their recent hires, they're just beginning their Facebook phase. Expect to see a lot of ads 2 years from now, and expect to see a LOT of money being made by the company a year after that.

If they can maintain runway until then.

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1. DrScientist ◴[04 Sep 25 09:07 UTC] No.45125196[source]▶
I do wonder whether we will switch back to ads or there is/will be a big switch to the subscription type model.

Would you trust output from OpenAI which is sponsered? I mean it's bad enough now in the ad space where they are increasingly trying to make the ads look more like content - imagine that in woven into your ChatGPT output?

The younger generation are quite used to subscription models - netflix, spotify, various gaming platforms etc. Perhaps access just becomes part of your internet access bundle.

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2. torginus ◴[04 Sep 25 10:04 UTC] No.45125516[source]▶
The problem with charging more for subscription is they have like 5 competitors who can give you the same thing, and charging more is giving them an open opportunity to trade revenue for market share if you undercut them.

I think they're realizing what most capitalists have realized - if you don't own the whole value chain, you don't own the value.

I bet Alex won't have a dropdown to switch to Claude Sonnet for very long.

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3. raxxorraxor ◴[04 Sep 25 13:36 UTC] No.45127137[source]▶
> if you don't own the whole value chain, you don't own the value.

Good rule. Just like using a service based AI instead of a self-hosted one if you are a developer or artist.