Bear vs bear: will agents kill dashboard subscriptions or agentic micropayments first?
kleffew94 · x · 2026-09-08
A short viewpoint clash on agentic-era business models:
- kleffew94 is very bearish on dashboard subscriptions: when agents buy data on demand, write SQL, and build/publish charts themselves, the value of human-facing dashboards erodes.
- He quotes mewtts' opposing take, who is equally bearish on agentic micropayments.
Both positions point to the same open question: if agents become the primary consumers of data, both subscription and per-call pricing models may get reshaped.
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