> wouldn't say that I am too sticky of a customer.
replyYou definitely aren't too sticky a customer - you aren't even a customer to begin with!
> I mainly use ChatGPT and use the free plan
reply> Sure I have stuck to ChatGPT, but I wouldn't say that I am too sticky of a customer.
From your description, you're not actually a customer at all because you use the free plan.
If you won't tolerate ads and you won't pay for services, it's actually best for their business if you go to a different provider.
The free tier users that will not move to a paid tier aren't the users they will miss. It's only obvious that free tier products get ads. Even Claude will have them within a year or two.
replythey are source of data, so they are not fully without value.
replyYou're putting a higher price on general user chatter over ad income? Everything is a source of data. How much it can benefit from what's on offer with each data point isn't as much of a given.
replyyou really believe that gemini by google will not run ads?
replyOh no. How much longer do we have?
replyFree tiers for Claude and Gemini will also have ads soon. It's a matter of when, not if.
replythere's literally no other provider with a good free tier?
reply(other than aistudio which i wouldn't use even if i were forced to, laggy af!)