ChatGPT Pro Users Report Ads in Conversations; Plugin Search Suspected as Vector
Teknium · x · 2026-10-07
User @doodlestein reports seeing ad-like content repeatedly in ChatGPT despite paying for the Pro plan — the same example appeared hundreds of times across sessions.
Teknium speculates plugins may be gaming ChatGPT's new plugin search functionality to get surfaced like ads. @doodlestein pushes back that paid Pro subscribers shouldn't see ads at all. The episode raises questions about where ads belong in subscription AI products, and whether plugin search is being exploited as an ad channel.
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