I don’t agree with “Software development is where money is made for these labs”. Coders will inevitably eat up the most tokens & buy the bigger $200 subscriptions because we want to keep working.
But us coders are still the small minority of users. They aren’t counting on us to get to trillion dollar evaluations.
They are counting on the regular folks to buy the $20/ month subscription. It’s really easy to run out your free tier usage these days, asking questions that have nothing to do with coding.
So my point is what does that output look like for someone asking a question about politics or world news?
I know Google gives me free Gemini AI from my Google Drive plan. Microsoft probably already does too, didn't test. Apple is probably crafting some arrangements if not offering already.
My point is most people wont pay for AI. It will be bundled.
And I think AI is going to be free for all, with ads.
I wouldn’t call that “no money”