> If I had been paying API pricing it would have been $2,180.16

The point being made above is that API pricing is calculated... somehow... seemingly arbitrarily. Possibly untethered to the infrastructure costs entirely: which would be the basis of any 'value', however that holds the labor theory of value, which isn't accurate either. So how do you accurately price these tokens at all (other than through price-discovery: which is slow, messy and fuzzy)?

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NitpickLawyer 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

> So how do you accurately price these tokens at all

Like anything else in the economy: at the point where enough customers can pay you, and not enough will go to the cheaper competition.

	▲	altruios 38 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		> at the point where enough customers can pay you > (other than through price-discovery: which is slow, messy and fuzzy) I notice a distinct lack of reading or comprehension (from everyone around me now, not just this comment) which worries me. I worry if LLM's are to blame. No one reads anymore...

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827a 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

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	▲	simonw 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Fun fact: the $20/month subscription fee for ChatGPT Pro - which set the standard for at least a couple of years - really was an arbitrary decision made based on a Google form: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Aug/12/nick-turley/