I initially thought this said they want to pay me to use their AI browser, to which I still said "no"
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Paying for bloatware. Now there's a concept
I know it’s common to not pay for windows but anyone buying a device with it preinstalled is paying the license fee so paying for bloat has been around for ages
Yeah. I mean you can't even delete some of the trash that windows, for example, comes with.
Seems we have bloatware so the tech companies advertising has something to advertise (or to spy on us, many options lol)
*laughs in macOS*
In addition to the AI features, the subscription gives users access to top models like Gemini 3 Pro, GPT-5.1, Veo 3.1, and Nano Banana Pro.
Gemini 3 Pro costs $20/m by itself usually, so as a package for people that do already pay for AIs this is actually cheaper than separate subscriptions. They will find an audience for it because of that.
Nah. It will be like perplexity where they secretly route to cheaper models or limit usage. It's simply not sustainable at 20$/mo.
Oh I didnt catch that. In that case... yeah If you plan using that AI stuff I can see a niche.
Netscape laughs as we circle back around to paying for a web browser again
This concept is funny.
The concept that won't be funny is when you have to pay $20/month to NOT use an AI-powered browser. I'm expecting that to be reality in 5 years.
If your ai isn't as capable as the ship computer from Star Trek then I'm perfectly capable of typing my Internet searches myself thanks
Yeah no. I would have to be a hardcore AI cultist to consider paying 20$ for a browser (when there are various decent free options readily available)
In theory . On paper. I could see people pay money for a brower that is really fucking good but we are talking like something 5$ max per month I would think .
Here is what I think...... 
Yeah, let the robot have enough agency to ruin your life and an unlimited source of untrusted input and bad actors. Just walk right into the lethal trifecta^[https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jun/16/the-lethal-trifecta/]. Anyone who pays for this risks paying a lot more than $20/mo.
Opera used to cost money. No surprise there.
I also remember Internet Explorer and Netscape Navigator both being $39.99, but that got you unlimited use, it wasn't per month. So even back when people were paying for browsers, they wouldn't pay $20 a month for one.
Fake economy.
Now why would I even pay when tech bros are so insistent I use AI for everything I end up doing so for free?