Post #4247937
2026-07-30 15:54 UTC
@jonathan859@someplace.social @matt@toot.cafe Honestly, I kinda fear the day the big companies decide to cut the subscription-based models entirely. They already know they're financially absolutely not worth it, API brings them so much more money. I believe they'll either cut down on the usage plans more and more or just remove subscription-based models entirely, at which point individuals like us will be back at ground zero anyway.
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@prism@infosec.exchange 2026-07-30 17:52
@ToniBarth@troet.cafe @jonathan859@someplace.social @matt@toot.cafe Did you see what they did with Fable? You can't use it with the monthly plan anymore, it needs useage credits. So they gave me $100 in promotional credits! "Oh yay," I think to myself, "I can reserve these for the Fable work." Wrong! It uses useage credits whenever your subscription runs out. You cannot stop it. That $100 was gone in less than a week. I predict more of these shenanigans in the future.