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niamlast Monday at 9:31 PM1 replyview on HN

I considered that but I don't see it being very impactful. It presumes a user who cares enough about "their" ChatGPT that they can't move from a particular model provider, but simultaneously does not care enough that model providers themselves have a financial motivation to shoo users onto their newer and more efficient models.

The transition from GPT4 to GPT5 was not well recieved among this crowd -- nevermind that I think this crowd is pretty small (comparatively) to begin with. I just don't imagine you can build a business on that sliver of a sliver, much less one that justifies OpenAI's spending.


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fragmedetoday at 10:16 AM

What you see as a sliver, I see as much more. Only OpenAI and their investors know for sure, but looking at a base human with a smartphone and ChatGPT, I think there are more in that group than you think.