Are they basically buying users here? I agree with the other comments about Claude being better, and now that the new Xcode will ship with a Claude integration I wonder about this.
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#42Earlier quoted context omitted.
> Expect to see a lot of ads 2 years from now I think I am just slow today - but could you please elaborate?
I wrote about this idea here: https://digitalseams.com/blog/the-ai-lifestyle-subsidy-is-go... Quick summary, I believe consumer AI experiences will feature ads because the profit opportunity is too large and company valuations depend on it. The hiring of Fidji Simo (ads at Facebook) at OpenAI + and just this week, Vijaye Raji/Statsig also point that way.
ChatGPT is already returning lists of products (with photos and rating) saying they are impartial, I guess to collect affiliate fees. It's not a big jump to have sponsored products showing up first.
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#43I totally do not understand why Apple did not buy them. It’s not that they have anything like that already.
Something mentioned in WWDC stuck out to me (think it was Craig) about current state of LLMs not living up to their high standard of quality. Because they absolutely could (and kind of are, with the foundation models stuff) build their own. Letting Claude or OpenAI handle the Xcode changes via their integration in the next Xcode makes more sense in that context.
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#44Earlier quoted context omitted.
Are people really going to keep using these AI tools if they start shoving ads down our throats?
Just by the nature of the product, the manipulation will be a lot more subtle, and likely more successful than traditional ads..
So far it's about as subtle as a slap to the face. If you set ChatGPT's personality to 'straight-shooting' it starts every answer with "blunt", "tell it like it is" or "unvarnished" and permeates that across the whole reply; by its very nature, it is unable to be subtle about anything.
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#45I don't use Alex so this doesn't affect me, but: > our plan is to continue serving you. How many months until OpenAI no longer feels it?
Since time immemorial acquired companies have claimed this sort of thing and then the acquiring companies have shut it down quick. Practically a meme at this point.
It's not only a meme, it's a Tumblog too, and I first saw it many years ago.
Google "our incredible journey".
https://www.google.com/search?q=our+incredible+journey
https://www.gyford.com/phil/writing/2013/02/27/our-incredibl...
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#46The failed Windsurf bid and this makes me think OpenAI feels they need to focus more on the coding agent use case. Still thinking about the endgame. Its not obvious to me if OpenAI/Anthropic will become competitors to coding startups like Cursor or continue to be model providers.
I think the endgame is a shift toward a platform of services that tightly bind users to a single LLM provider. Right now, many small startups are essentially just thin wrappers around ChatGPT. Once it becomes clear which ideas and solutions gain real traction, providers like OpenAI/Anthropic can simply roll out those features natively removing any need for a third party. In a sense, a lot of what happened with the mo…
Does anyone else remember how we used to have flash light apps all over the playstore and how they quickly varnished once the feature was implement natively?
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#47Earlier quoted context omitted.
Are people really going to keep using these AI tools if they start shoving ads down our throats?
Just by the nature of the product, the manipulation will be a lot more subtle, and likely more successful than traditional ads..
"I feel like something is missing in my life"
> Thinking...
> Have you ever had that energetic and refreshing feeling after a Baja Blast(TM)?
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#48Earlier quoted context omitted.
> Expect to see a lot of ads 2 years from now I think I am just slow today - but could you please elaborate?
I wrote about this idea here: https://digitalseams.com/blog/the-ai-lifestyle-subsidy-is-go... Quick summary, I believe consumer AI experiences will feature ads because the profit opportunity is too large and company valuations depend on it. The hiring of Fidji Simo (ads at Facebook) at OpenAI + and just this week, Vijaye Raji/Statsig also point that way.
We’re in a golden period where AI results are ad-free.
One thing I’ve been doing is querying and storing results. For example, “what are the best books on X topic” for every topic I can possibly think that I may want to read about in the future.
I’ve found the results to be amazing if you give a sufficiently detailed prompt. I have enough reading to see me through to exit.
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#49At this rate it’s better to start a company and get aquihired vs applying and getting hired. Seems like OpenAI speed ran through the Facebook phase and are out of ideas
Au contraire, based on their recent hires, they're just beginning their Facebook phase. Expect to see a lot of ads 2 years from now, and expect to see a LOT of money being made by the company a year after that. If they can maintain runway until then.
Yeah it could be insanely valuable and it'll give them an advantage by letting them add more features to the free ad supported product to expand their reach and cement their position.
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#50Earlier quoted context omitted.
> Expect to see a lot of ads 2 years from now I think I am just slow today - but could you please elaborate?
I wrote about this idea here: https://digitalseams.com/blog/the-ai-lifestyle-subsidy-is-go... Quick summary, I believe consumer AI experiences will feature ads because the profit opportunity is too large and company valuations depend on it. The hiring of Fidji Simo (ads at Facebook) at OpenAI + and just this week, Vijaye Raji/Statsig also point that way.
(me again) and Drew Breunig just posted about the tensions of actually getting those ads in: https://www.dbreunig.com/2025/09/02/considering-ad-models-fo...