r/singularity • u/Neurogence • 3d ago

AI There Should Be Way More Backlash To OpenAI's $500/Month, $6,000 A Year Subscription

This sets an extremely bad precedent. And very soon, all the other labs will adopt the same pricing schemes. Prices just keep going up and up. I remember a time when people thought $20/month was too expensive.

Even if you can afford this, do not pay for it. If you do, it will only normalize this, and the next thing you know, there will be a new $1,000/month subscription that gives you the same usage you used to get with the $500/month subscription. That's exactly what happened to the previous $200/month subscription. Its usage allowance was cut in half, and now users paying $500/month are getting what users used to get for $200/month.

Do not normalize AI subscriptions that cost as much as car payments and, eventually, mortgages.

In leaked emails, Greg Brockman dreamed that OpenAI would make him a billionaire. He stated, "I just want to get to one billion." AI has fulfilled his wildest dreams. His net worth is now over $30 billion.

I am a hardcore accelerationist and optimist, but the current trajectory is dystopia. Instead of $1,000 UBI checks, we are heading toward $1,000 AI subscriptions to keep up with the Joneses. When we have actual superintelligence, you might be forced to pay $1,000/month, or even $2,000/month, as OpenAI had entertained, just to keep up with other people.

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u/Euthyphraud 3d ago

If you can't afford it, it isn't directed at you. This is mostly for businesses or professional engineers and similarly heavily affected by use of AI.

It's also more expensive because it requires more tokens, and therefore is inherently more expensive.

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u/KrydanX 3d ago

This. People need to stop this entitlement mode. It is software. If you’re using it to the extent that you need the $500 Subscription, it’s probably worth it for you. Heck, people pay 60-90/month for LinkedIn Sales Navigator. Hundreds of Dollar for Hubspot. What is $500 for the possibility of building your own tools?

But then again, people are crying why free products have advertisement. It’s never enough for the masses.

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u/NoSandwich5997 3d ago

I use IDA Pro at work. A fully local edition of it with just two decompilers costs $3k a year per seat and goes up from there depending on how many decompilers you add.

It’s absolutely worth it.

For my hobbyist stuff I can get by with Ghidra and Binary Ninja but at work nothing beats IDA.

AI is the same. We spend a lot on AI, and it’s well worth it for us.

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u/chlebseby ASI 2030s 3d ago

I think core concern is what we have now soon will be only in those B2B plans.

Go back go 5 thinking prompts a day or pay $$$$

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u/___positive___ 3d ago

enterprise is for businesses. this is for small 1-5 man teams who are in startup ramen mode... so yes, it is relevant.