it's not a recommendation, its an option. if you don't have capital then it doesn't apply to you and move on. it wasn't an option for even people with capital.
come back in a few years when its more accessible
additionally I like that there are providers with faster special purpose processors for faster tokens/sec, all at different pricing strategies
so just pick something that matches your personal risk tolerance
however the legal terms are different, openai reads your data. they store it for 30 days, but of course once it hits the disk you can keep as long as you like in a civil case like nyt v openai.
the same for google and anthropic. so, it's not always nice if someone is paid to read your data for safety. people upload sensitive matters, personal videos and so on.
i wouldn't prioritise it myself but you can also know that the data will all come out in discovery if you are in a legal issue. maybe that's not important, but people thought it did matter to give some protections to patient records, legal advice and therapy. you upload that to gpt and it goes into discovery.