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ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ 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?

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Buffalox@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ 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.

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- ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  Sorry but you’re completely missing the point. You can’t compare 5% conversion rate of a subscription-first model and ad-first model. Youtube is optimizing their business around ads, they are definitely not doing everything they can to increase their conversion rate. ChatGPT on the other hand is aiming for as high conversion rate as possible. I don’t know if 5% conversion rate is high or low for ChatGPT but comparing it with YT simply doesn’t make sense.
  
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  - Buffalox@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    
    they are definitely not doing everything they can to increase their conversion rate.
    
    Oh you mean like prompting users to buy extra services all the time?
    Yes they are actually doing just that.
    
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    ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    No, I don’t mean prompting users. Typical ways to increase conversion rate are locking popular features behind the subscription (like you need premium account to comment), making some content only available only to premium users or limiting the amount of content you can access as a free user (like only 2h per day). So far I’m still watching videos on youtube without even creating an account and without ads (ad-block).
    
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