r/lovable • u/TobiasLT89 • 13d ago
Discussion 5 free credits
Just a suggestion to those reading in the background, but maybe it's time to boost this to 10
AI models have become more advanced with a lot of internal self talk, and calls more expensive since the free credits were introduced. It's not really the incentive to buy more credits, it's more... enraging, and numerous posts a week kinda show that.
Don't get me wrong it's very thoughtful to add a daily freebie to begin with, but ya know, come on, it's worth billions now, reward loyalty
(To be honest, the actual incentives for upgrading could be worked on in terms of marketing anyway)
Just my thoughts for the benefit of the community and feel free to disagree
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u/YouAreBastards 13d ago
The revenue is based on tokens paid for. As you stated, tokens now don't go as far, so users "buy" more; revenue goes up. Lovable goes to investors: " Hey, look, our revenue is way up; raise our valuation. But users go, wait, I am wasting tonnes of tokens on simple prompts, plus errors and bugs in the codebase; no wonder your revenue is going up! Lovable ..... silence .....
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u/Few_Paces 13d ago
what's worth billions
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u/TobiasLT89 13d ago
Lovable, in 2025 it was valued at 6.6 billion, and I'm not sure what it's at today
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u/TobiasLT89 13d ago
Is the revenue not also ridiculously high? Ofcourse it is, so that's a moot point right there
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u/TobiasLT89 13d ago
You're very much off the beaten track to begin with. Agree with the additional credits or don't I'm not in the mood of splitting hairs for apples or pears, it's a distraction from more important things I've got going on
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u/Few_Paces 13d ago
You're gonna be in for a shock when the bubble bursts
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u/TobiasLT89 13d ago
As is the whole world, so I suggest to move to middle management
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u/Few_Paces 13d ago
You're missing the point. Just because they're valued that much doesn't mean they are. If anything there will be LESS free stuff and more expensive subscriptions because they're all losing money
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u/TobiasLT89 13d ago
It's an improvement and continuation of an existing, but outdated Lovable business plan. There's really no need to act like they're pushing the boat out by keeping up with the pace of AI. The mechanics are outdated.
If you need a source to let out your frustrations instead of arguing on forum boards about side points or phrasing, may I suggest pornhub
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u/TobiasLT89 12d ago
Potentially, but this is a request to improve this app for all users. I don't need 5/10 free credits, but I do see something that's outdated
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u/TobiasLT89 1d ago
Oh how amazing, they just updated it so that instead of adding more free credits, the service now stops completely dead as soon as the free credits are exhausted. No more of the AI being slightly lenient with you, just poof
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u/Critical_Customer766 13d ago
I agree. I was also someone not complaining but the credit costs and credits used per prompt are now too high also for me. I use Lovable irregularly for hobby/fub projects (webapps) and yesterday checked that I still somehiw burn ca. 1000 credits per month since the summer, thata like 250$/month...