Man alive, stop being performatively dense. Getting to pay "the tax" in this context is just a colloquialism equating getting to pay "the burden".

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rayiner a day ago | parent [-]

That doesn’t make sense either. How is it a burden to pay the market price for something?

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layer8 a day ago | parent [-]

OpenAI didn’t pay what is now the market price, while stockpiling wafers.

	▲	jacquesm 16 hours ago \| parent [-]
		That's ok, when they eventually go bust we'll have a nice glut.