One interpretation is that so called profitability is one 15 minute phone call between OpenAI and Anthropic to increase prices. If you think that antitrust is the reason that this won't happen, you've stated a speculation. Not a certainty.
there isn't enough demand to raise prices. OpenAI announced price CUTS recently and they are hilariously unprofitable already. Why would they be cutting prices if they have the ability to raise them? outside of this website and the ownership class everyone hates AI
They are pressured by open models to reduce prices, not increase