There is only one Google Search. Yes, there is no subscription-based Google Search. ChatGPT has a new idea – charge $20/month for its elevated solution: “Dubbed ChatGPT Plus, OpenAI said the cost starts from $20 per month, but with enormous benefits that include general access to ChatGPT even during peak times, faster response times and priority access to new features and improvements – all better than the base-level ChatGPT.”
I will not subscribe to this service as the playbook makes no sense unless it is work or project related. But just checking things up on the web, at a personal level, should not take me backwards that much. Yet, if they can work with Microsoft and bundle it with Microsoft 365 so that I can pay for it along with Excel, Word, etc licenses, that will work. But going solo for ChatGPT+ for personal use, no way!
Of course, bills have to be paid and this experimentation is good. “ChatGPT: is a subscription business model a good business strategy?” Would be good to know how it answers.
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20/month is a bad idea. The free version shd be available as mich as any paid one. The free version should be as fast as any paid one. OpenAI should let people embrace ChatGPT and start to see no life without it. Then they can start thinking of building products around it.
This is not the time for finance people to come in. It is the time for engineers and product developers to get to work. Since it is still not clear what life with ChatGPT will be, the product engineer should just focus on making sure people actually need and like it.