I think it's a matter of public perception and user sentiment. You don't want to shove ads into a product that people are already complaining about. And you don't want the media asking questions like why you rolled out a "health assistant" at the same time you were scrambling to address major safety, reliability, and legal challenges.
Exactly. This is more about “the product isn’t good enough yet to survive the enshittification effect of adding ads.”
chatgpt making targeted "recommendations" (read ads) is a nightmare. especially if it's subtle and not disclosed.