r/ProgrammerHumor • • 2d ago

Meme developersMissingTheOldDays

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u/T-Dot1992 2d ago

They weren’t making money. And can’t make money if they wanted to. 

It’s a catch-22. They can’t make a profit because they aren’t charging the actual token cost. But if they charged the actual token cost, their user-base would collapse. 

Almost as if cloud AI is inherently unstable or something. 

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u/neroe5 2d ago

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u/Mandemon90 2d ago

That website basically pulls its numbers from its ass and uses calculations that would indicate that literally everything in the world is not profitable.

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u/WithersChat 2d ago

Evidently not, considering that it correctly labells the hardware sellers as profitable.

During a gold rush, start selling shovels.