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chaz6 on June 9, 2025 | parent | context | favorite | on: LLMs are cheap

I thought that services like these were run at a loss because the data that users provide is often worth more than the price of a subscription.

AndrewDucker on June 9, 2025 [–]

Only if you can find a way of monetisng that data or selling it on.

So, basically, ads.

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