> So they’ll need to tread very, very carefully to introduce it without alienating customers.

every single platform since the 1990's has introduced ads. My kids find it totally normal to have them. Believe me, if you train (!) people to accept ads, they will soon think it's normal.

And besides, if ChatGPT goes with ads, Google will follow directly. So the users won't have the choice anymore.

But ok, if I have to pay for a service without ads, then let it be. Paying for a service is normal too.

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ryandrake 13 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Don't worry, you'll pay for the service and get ads. It's the inevitable end-state of these kinds of services.

	▲	rubidium 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Amazon prime video showed us that. First no ads. Then ad free if you pay extra. Then “ad free” except half the shows have a “this show requires ads” bs and still have ads. Scummy flea ridden advertisers at their core.

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com2kid 12 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Counter point - my kid hates ads. I've worked to keep them away from him and whenever they do sneak through he gets irritated at them.

	▲	tasuki 9 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Mine does too. I make sure there are no ads on the screens, but ads in print are harder to adblock. She hasn't seen too many, yet at four years old could distinguish an ad in a kid's magazine in under a second.

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afavour 8 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

> if ChatGPT goes with ads, Google will follow directly

Eventually. But Google has an absolute ton of places to put ads today and are profitable enough that they can subsidise their AI operation much longer than OpenAI can. If it’s a competitive advantage to remain ad-less they have the ability to do it.

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siva7 7 hours ago | parent [-]

remaining ad-less isn't a competitive advantage for google.. advertisers want the use the best medium available to reach customers and clearly ai chatbots are better suited for that than the old web of google search. openai has reached the critical user base where they could easily replace google for advertisers.

	▲	bpt3 6 hours ago \| parent [-]
		> clearly ai chatbots are better suited for that than the old web of google search Why is this clearly the case?

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ViewTrick1002 14 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

But many of them have failed to achieve the necessary profitability.

For example Snapchat, Reddit etc.