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0 pointsdeepp8051y ago0 comments

With 4o being free, can someone explain what the real benefit is to having Pro? For me, the main benefit was having a more powerful model, but if the free tier also offers this I'm not really sure what I would benefit from

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kromem1y ago

The 5 model is probably around the corner, and will probably be Pro only. Until then, 5x higher usage limits on Pro and chat memory are the selling features.

echelon1y ago

OpenAI doesn't need that money.

It's free so that no open source models can follow suit and carve away market share for themselves. They're scorching and salting the earth. OpenAI wants to be the only AI.

Only Google and Meta can follow this now, and they're perhaps too far behind.

upmind1y ago

You're allowed more requests in an hour, about 5x more iirc. Might not be a deal breaker for you, but if you're using the speech capabilities, you'll likely go way above the limit in an hour during a typical speech session

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