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Huh, what have people hyped that was going to collapse but didn't actually go on to collapse?
Open AI is following the enshitification rule book to the the letter:
Initial quality: Platforms are user-friendly and attractive to build a user base.
Customer data is the product. They suck users in with a "free product", getting millions on board and dependant on it
Business exploitation: Once users are locked in, platforms degrade the experience to favor business customers.
They'll sell the customer data to business customers.
They'll provide it so cheaply that zillions of businesses will build their entire operating model on the provision of cheap data.
Shareholder maximization: Eventually, all value is extracted for executives and shareholders, leaving minimal benefit for users.
They'll then in phase 3 paywall the fuck out chatgpt and markedly increase business user costs. Which they'll pay because they'll have no other option but to pay
Edit me no speak the englrish good