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minus-squareaski3252@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·24 days ago however, they make quite a bit of profit Pretty sure they didn’t for a while. It’s the same approach as always. Operate at a loss, gain (nonpaying) users, maybe sell or use their data and slowly turn up whatever you are doing to make money (ads, fee).
minus-squareTar_Alcaran@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-224 days agoSure, it took dropbox 9 years, Amazon took 7. OpenAI just turned 10, with profit nowhere in sight, and a path to profitability completely invisible.
Pretty sure they didn’t for a while. It’s the same approach as always. Operate at a loss, gain (nonpaying) users, maybe sell or use their data and slowly turn up whatever you are doing to make money (ads, fee).
Sure, it took dropbox 9 years, Amazon took 7.
OpenAI just turned 10, with profit nowhere in sight, and a path to profitability completely invisible.