'Simple Tasks Are Too Expensive': User Hits GPT Plus Limits Making One PowerPoint
Namnagort · reddit · 2026-09-23
A Reddit user argues consumer AI pricing isn't economically viable: most people won't pay $20/month for ChatGPT, and even Plus subscribers hit frontier-model usage limits quickly — the poster hit the cap just generating a PowerPoint.
The thread raises broader questions about whether compute will get cheaper and whether these companies are actually profitable.
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