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MixedCursor · 6 Aug 2025

Would I pay 500 dollars for it from my own pocket? No, I don’t think so

serial_dev on Hacker News

In the thread “AI is propping up the US economy”, replying to this comment

Helped: Developing a proof of concept mirroring an SDK in a different language.

Got in the way: High cost relative to value; burned through monthly quota in one day.

… Yes. Would I pay 500 dollars for it from my own pocket? No, I don’t think so. It’s like those extremely cheap food and grocery delivery apps, they made their food cheap, no delivery fees for a while… of course everyone was using it. …