Microsoft's Copilot Pricing Shift Is a Reminder That AI Has Real Costs
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The free trial era is slowly ending.
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Someone eventually has to pay for all those tokens.
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AI usage up, subsidies down.
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The real cost of AI is starting to show.
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Unlimited plans were never going to stay unlimited.
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Every AI company is searching for profitability now.
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The business model phase of AI has begun.
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Growth first, profits later... now it's later.
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AI tools are becoming utilities instead of experiments.
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Token pricing was inevitable as usage exploded.
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The AI gold rush is entering its monetization era

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If we could get less AI slop around it would be fantastic.

