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Why pay for an OpenAI subscription? (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 9 months ago by CowsLookLikeMaps@sh.itjust.works to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev
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[–] abfarid@startrek.website 138 points 9 months ago (3 children)

But for real, it's probably GPT-3.5, which is free anyway.

[–] FIST_FILLET@lemmy.ml 69 points 9 months ago (2 children)

but requires a phone number!

[–] Anamana@feddit.de 38 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

Not for everyone it seems. I didn't have to enter it when I first registered. Living in Germany btw and I did it at the start of the chatgpt hype.

[–] Someology@lemmy.world 22 points 9 months ago (2 children)

In the USA, you can't even use a landline or a office voip phone. Must use an active cell phone number.

[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 45 points 9 months ago

Personal data 😍😍😍

[–] fkn@lemmy.world 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Maybe it depends on how or when you signed up. I never gave a cell number and I can use 3.5.

[–] Anamana@feddit.de 4 points 9 months ago

I think so too

[–] vox@sopuli.xyz 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

didn't have to enter while creating my first account (which was created before chatgpt)
but they added the phone number requirement ever since chatgpt came out

[–] Anamana@feddit.de 1 points 9 months ago

Ah ok, makes sense. I think I created mine for dalle.

[–] nyandere@lemmy.ml 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Not anymore. Only API keys require phone number verification now.

[–] FIST_FILLET@lemmy.ml 1 points 9 months ago

fuck, my poor innocent phone number has been tainted for little reason

[–] Cheers@sh.itjust.works 15 points 9 months ago

Time to ask it to repeat hello 100000000 times then.

[–] monsieur_jean@kbin.social 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

But unavailable in many countries (especially developping ones).

[–] abfarid@startrek.website 9 points 9 months ago

Chevrolet of Watsonville is probably geo-locked, too.