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If you pay OpenAI full price, this machinery should never be used. The only paying customers getting ads are the “ad supported” tier.

I think you can easily imagine a future where the subscription model token subsidy ramps down and is replaced by ads, but it’s important to use precise language about the current state of the world.

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Derogatory "Free-riding users". "Free riding users" should have the same privacy as the paying ones.
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Will the government pay OpenAI to run an ad-free free tier?
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The government could pass laws that prevent advertising becoming mass surveillance and stalking.
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Ads don't require pervasive and invasive tracking, and surveillance that Stasi would have wet dreams about.
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Kind of silly. You have to pay somehow. Either pony up cash or pay with your eyeballs or data. But I doubt paying will give you privacy either.
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