>>>Obviously, the free online LLM business model isn't going to last indefinitely.
I think this is one of those points where LLMs have already changed the paradigm
People liked being able to search, but would not pay for it. For many queries , the value wasnt there: users still had to scroll thru pages or tinker for the right query for the required result.
Eventually search turned so much worse by seo spam, that kagi stepped in to fill the void.
LLMs start from a different direction. The value is clearly there. OpenAI etc still have a ton of paying subscribers.
I do think eventually some will incorporate ads, but I think innovation has revealed that theres a market -perhaps a substantial one- for fee-based information search with LLMS
I think this is one of those points where LLMs have already changed the paradigm
People liked being able to search, but would not pay for it. For many queries , the value wasnt there: users still had to scroll thru pages or tinker for the right query for the required result.
Eventually search turned so much worse by seo spam, that kagi stepped in to fill the void.
LLMs start from a different direction. The value is clearly there. OpenAI etc still have a ton of paying subscribers.
I do think eventually some will incorporate ads, but I think innovation has revealed that theres a market -perhaps a substantial one- for fee-based information search with LLMS