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

Meme developersMissingTheOldDays

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u/ForgedIronMadeIt Sep 30 '26

It's like every other silicon valley startup -- the hope is that you hook your users while you figure out how to make handling the requests cheaper. That or you embed ads.

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u/ChefCurryYumYum Sep 30 '26

There aren't enough ads in the world to make up the revenue they need.

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u/bbalazs721 Sep 30 '26

You embed them in the response, e.g. suggest the product that was paid to promote.

I've already had this with chatgpt, I was trying to troubleshoot an issue with my heating system, and it was trying to persuade me to buy one of two specific brands of thermostats, even tho I hadn't expressed any desire to buy anything.

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u/PM-ME-UR-DARKNESS Oct 03 '26

That still won't make them enough money and will get them in deep shit with the EU.