💰 AI subscriptions may be one of the worst deals in tech, for the companies...

💰 AI subscriptions may be one of the worst deals in tech, for the companies selling them. A new analysis from SemiAnalysis found that power users can extract far more value in AI tokens than they pay for. • ChatGPT Plus ($20/month) delivers roughly $700 worth of token usage at its limits. • ChatGPT Pro ($200/month) can provide around $14,000 worth of tokens. • Claude Max ($100/month) shows about $2,000 in token costs. The problem? AI companies charge a fixed monthly fee while their costs scale with how much users actually use the models. According to the analysis, OpenAI subscriptions become unprofitable when users consume less than 15% of their allotted capacity, while Anthropic’s threshold is around 20%. The biggest surprise: the most expensive plans may have the worst economics. At heavy usage levels, some premium tiers reportedly generate losses of hundreds of percent on a per-user basis. @aipost 🏴