I just don't believe that is likely.

I think that, despite Anthropic's present statements, they will move to ads if ads prove successful for ChatGPT or Gemini.

It would be viewed as "leaving money on the table" by their board and shareholders if they didn't.

this is false and not how things work at the enterprise level. trust is important and it is not lost by showing ads in free tier.

trust is lost in other ways.