Ed Zitron(@edzitron):AI companies currently subsidize their users $3 to $25 for every dollar of subscription. As a result, users are very sensitive to *any* price or rate limit changes, and have no idea of the actual costs of AI. Token-based billing will be lethal at scale. https://t.co/Hy51rxTpLZ

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2026.05.15 18:12

AI companies currently subsidize their users $3 to $25 for every dollar of subscription. As a result, users are very sensitive to *any* price or rate limit changes, and have no idea of the actual costs of AI. Token-based billing will be lethal at scale.