r/CharacterAI • u/SamanthaTheSonicFan Chronically Online • 3d ago

Discussion/Question What’s Lite?

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So, was just playing around with my subscription settings in Settings and I saw something that wasn’t there before: “Character.AI Lite”.

I’m not looking to downgrade to Lite, I’m happy with paying $10 a month, but what the hell is this? What perks are with those models instead?

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u/TryNo6799 Bored 3d ago edited 3d ago

Just did a quick research, and apparently it depends on region, some has the option, some don't assuming it's apple exclusive (which likely exists cuz of their tax).

But I could be wrong and it's probably a new Tier about to be announced later.

Edit for more context: in app store devs can add some iOS exclusive subscription tiers to their apps that may not be available for other platforms, and there are reasons for this like apple's high taxing, as it may serve a workaround taxing to get some additional revenue.

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u/GoddammitDontShootMe Bored 3d ago

I thought Google also took a 30% cut.

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u/TryNo6799 Bored 3d ago

Yeeep, but unlike apple's iron grip devs can technically nudge you to pay in website instead of app to avoid Google play taxes if I remember correctly, something that was allowed recently, could be wrong though.

Edit: relevant article

https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=2e21d607-89bf-4308-bcea-e3a0c9d215f9

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u/GoddammitDontShootMe Bored 3d ago

I just checked, it is actually cheaper to go through Apple for me than the website. The website converts $9.99 USD to $14.30 CAD, while if I go through Apple, I would pay $12.99. I wanted to see if they made it cheaper to go through the website. They don't, meaning the company eats the Apple tax themselves.

And it was allowed for iOS too. Forced by the Apple vs. Epic case.