Buffalox@lemmy.world 1 month ago
That’s a weird editorializing of the headline, for an article that describes wide spread use, and a market of rapidly growing value.
For instance a sentence like these:
This is no longer experimentation; it’s habit formation at an unprecedented scale.
This rapid adoption drives real dollars: In the two and a half years since OpenAI’s ChatGPT introduced the public to generative AI, consumer AI has become a multibillion-dollar market.
One of the most surprising findings? Parents are among the most engaged AI users, turning to AI for everyday help.
Even ChatGPT, with its first-mover advantage, only converts about 5% of its weekly active users into paying subscribers
Considering there’s a pretty strong free option, 5% is not bad.
How many pay for using Youtube? IDK but my guess is that it is way less than 5%.
ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 1 month ago
Youtube and search have ads as the main revenue source, not subscriptions. It’s not a fair comparison.
Buffalox@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Paying gives advantages on youtube, just the same as ChatGPT.
ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 1 month ago
I asked Claude for the data (hehe):
“YouTube is primarily an advertising-driven business model (73% ads vs 27% subscriptions), while ChatGPT operates as a subscription-first business (84% subscriptions vs 15% API/other revenue).”
See the difference?
Buffalox@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Of course I do, but ChatGPT still has a free option. And the basis to compare paid subscriptions when there is also a free option stand IMO.
Without a good free option, how would it be only 5% who pay? It’s exactly the same as with Youtube in that regard.
The free option is a form of advertising and allowing people to get to know the service. With Youtube the free option isn’t really free, you pay by allowing advertising.
So by that comparison Youtube is actually the worse free option of the two. And despite that more people pay for ChatGPT.
So your argument that they are not the same, actually makes ChatGPT numbers even more impressive not less.