• aski3252@lemmy.world
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    14 hours ago

    however, they make quite a bit of profit

    Pretty sure they didn’t for a while. It’s the same approach as always. Operate at a loss, gain (nonpaying) users, maybe sell or use their data and slowly turn up whatever you are doing to make money (ads, fee).

    • Tar_Alcaran@sh.itjust.works
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      6 hours ago

      Sure, it took dropbox 9 years, Amazon took 7.

      OpenAI just turned 10, with profit nowhere in sight, and a path to profitability completely invisible.