alt Hacker NewsWhen OpenAI starts requiring a payment, or showing an ad before it starts translating, will they continue? Or will they use the Google Translate app, which can do this locally? (Or for that matter Gemini or Grok or whatever?)
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paxys • today at 4:34 AM
“When Netflix starts showing ads who on earth will still use it?”
Everyone, it turns out. Same with Google. Same with YouTube. Same with Instagram, and the rest of the web.
Once people become dependent on ChatGPT (as they already are) watching a 30 second ad in the middle of a session will become second nature.
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> showing an ad before it starts translating, will they continue
Yes. What evidence do we have that mass consumers decamp because of ads?