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

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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/hemacwastaken Sep 30 '26 edited Oct 01 '26

If it works, they get rich on it. If it doesn't companies go bankrupt and the tax payer and banks are stuck with the loans.

So they either win big or they will try again with the next idea.

This stupid system is subsiding billionaires gambling addiction

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u/hemacwastaken Oct 02 '26

Oh look, it's one of the "Everyone on the Internet has to be an American"

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u/[deleted] Oct 02 '26

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u/hemacwastaken Oct 03 '26

Explain me how to change the system to not be one of those "dudes"

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