LLM access is relatively cheap now because the LLM vendors are discounting their price at a massive loss, subsidized by VC, in order to get you addicted and to drive as much skilled human labor as possible out of the workforce permanently.

The goal is monopolization, and if they’re successful, you’ll see monopolistic pricing in the future.

@lapcatsoftware businesses would be smart to NOT encourage adoption, as it's easier to divide and exploit skilled labor than it is to negotiate pricing with only a handful of behemoth companies
@smeg @lapcatsoftware most pretty much prefer to pay the big company than negotiate different labour organization with employees