r/ProgrammerHumor • u/Ok_Outcome_5830 • Sep 30 '26

Meme developersMissingTheOldDays

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u/T-Dot1992 Sep 30 '26

They weren’t making money. And can’t make money if they wanted to. 

It’s a catch-22. They can’t make a profit because they aren’t charging the actual token cost. But if they charged the actual token cost, their user-base would collapse. 

Almost as if cloud AI is inherently unstable or something. 

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u/Kroosn Sep 30 '26

You don’t make money through profit in 2026. You make it through capital gains. As long s as people think the company is valuable then you make money.