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Aren't they just providing access to their service? Different companies provide different billing methods and that's fine!

For example you could pay $20/month for ChatGPT and use it as much or little as you like, or pay $/per API call... But not every company needs to offer both.




Yes, sometimes you purchase capacity to be able to use something. The provider has to reserve that capacity.


Usually capacity is allocated based on past usage, either by the individual or by some group. It depends on what they are selling, of course.

But an easy way to relieve that capacity problem is to stop fleecing people for something they forgot to cancel.




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