Author: AI Tokens Will Get More Expensive
yangyi · x · 2026-07-13
The author argues that the current era of getting powerful vibe coding capabilities for just $20/month is a window where ordinary people can "leverage massive value with a small amount of tokens."
They predict that tokens will not continue to get cheaper. Instead, prices may rise due to the end of competition among top-tier models, the concentration of data and capital, and the strengthening Matthew Effect. Ultimately, only routine, daily-expense usage will be preserved; tokens that genuinely create incremental value will become much more expensive.
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