Posted by shantnutiwari 1 day ago
Tell HN: OpenAI has started putting ads on paid programs
1. Ad for Financial Times 2. Add for Shein 3. Add for Amazon prime day
All 3 were on a chat where I was asking about tips on a mobile game.
Needless to say, I cancelled my plan. Im not paying money to see ads
Netflix and Disney opened this box long ago when they introduced their “cheap with ads” plan and it’s their most popular subscription types.
The invisible hand of the market has spoken and people prefer advertisements over paying more.
Sad reality but unless we change the incentives this is going to happen with everything.
So basically it stood out like a sore thumb and was a random, disconnected sentence with a link inbetween the output you have actually asked for?
"Which crop is most profitable in summer?"
==> Ad for FT
It seems random. But maybe because they are still trying it out
Pay to see ads of products where you also pay to see ads :)
I’m not genuinely confused tbh. I’m more nothing this as a case study of the “LLM user profile” anecdata I’m collecting. Some may call it lowbrow to harp on failing basic literacy yet being compelled to pay real money for a chatbox to help with mental efforts, but here we are.