Developer: OpenAI is taking compute from paying users for consumer agents
arthurcolle · x · 2026-09-30
arthurcolle argues OpenAI is internalizing compute away from paying builders to power a consumer-only product class — a regression and a broken promise that creates 'perma-consumers' instead of empowering users.
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