Business owner burns $1,000+ on ChatGPT ads, says you're better off lighting money on fire
Polymarket · x · 2026-09-03
A business owner reports spending over $1,000 on ChatGPT ads and concludes the ROI is so poor that "you are better off lighting money on fire." A concrete negative data point on OpenAI's ad monetization experiment.
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