Sentdex: OpenAI nerfing the $200 plan is just the start, API prices are the real prices
Sentdex · x · 2026-09-30
ML researcher Sentdex argues that OpenAI's recent cuts to the $200 Pro subscription are just the beginning: the gap between subscription pricing and API pricing will keep narrowing, because API prices reflect the model's true cost while subscriptions are subsidized.
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