Codex Cloud and always-on Dots: the road to users owning no hardware and renting AI forever
BopSupreme · reddit · 2026-10-02
A Reddit essay argues OpenAI's 'One Stop Shop' strategy — Codex Cloud, Dots, planned devices from Meta and OpenAI — aims to untether users from owning hardware entirely, creating a subscription-dependent user base feeding 24/7 physical and digital data to closed-source AI. The author sees local hardware plus Chinese open-source models, and US-adversary nations, as the last line of defense for open AI, and warns subscriptions can be cut or repriced at will.
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