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		babelfish 7 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: OpenAI's H1 2025: $4.3B in income, $13.5B in loss The thing is consumers don't care about OSS models. Any non-technical person just wants to "use AI", and think of ChatGPT for that.

runako 7 days ago [–]

Right, the model is a commodity to most users. So all things equal, a ChatGPT clone that costs (say) 70% less will steal share.

Flipping it again: if the model is a commodity that lets one "use AI," why would anyone pay 2x or 3x as more to use ChatGPT?

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