It really does look like OpenAI is trying to gradually get rid of their subscription plans. Every week there is noticeably less usage available to them while each new model release boasts substantially cheaper API token pricing. If this continues then the two pricing models will eventually be at parity.

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surgical_fire 4 hours ago | parent [-]

The subscription plans are a huge money sink, that obviously will have to go away or be priced at a ridiculous level to make sense.

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machomaster 3 hours ago | parent [-]

This is not true at all, at the most fundamental level. There is a reason why all the businesses (IT, gyms, cars, restaurants, streaming services, music, games, stores, apps, food delivery, magazines, newspapers, shaving blades, parfume, etc) are doing everything in their to get subscribers and are willing to decrease prices in order to get customers who are paying the monthly (or even better, a yearly) fee.

	▲	surgical_fire 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		This is delusional. The cost of providing the tokens for a heavy user (and let's be frank, the people paying $200 are likely heavy users) is many, many times more than the $200 recurring revenue they generate.