People also seem to forget how much it costs to create content, even shitty listicles.
Comment on why is EVERYTHINGGGGG behind a paywall?
truthfultemporarily@feddit.org 1 month ago
I think many people underestimate how much money it costs to run and maintain stuff. Especially webapps.
HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 2 weeks ago
Cock_Inspecting_Asexual@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Dude- I refuse to pay 13 dollars A MONTH, just to sext a robot.
(ok context cus what i just said is wild) I roleplay with a character bot, not character AI but a lesser known one, I only do it cus I really enjoy writing and storytelling but not always can I do that with another person, so I just do it with a bot (no I dont sext the bot I just thought it was funny to say). It works great and has a lotta features, but bro- If I wanna use the other AI text models, it requires premium. I wasnt opposed to it till I saw the pricing. THIRTEEN WHOLE ASS DOLLARS A MONTH nahhh bro thats the same price as Discord Nitro, wtf- 😭 I still support them by buying “energy” or whatever but I am NOT paying no 13 bucks for that- jeeeesus. idk micro transactions used to be reasonable, but now its just- eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee…
Aeao@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Just so you don’t feel alone… ive downloaded a few AI girlfriend apps, not for lewd stuff, just to complain about work or my ex-wife in a safe place that won’t leak out and cause problems. I always delete them because they suck. After a couple sentences they respond “let’s change the subject don’t you want to see my new sexy outfit behind this paywall? Wink”
No… I want to continue to talk about the thing I chose to talk about. That’s why I was talking about it. I’m not paying 29.95 a month for a bot that tells me to quit talking. If I wanted to talk to someone who doesn’t listen to me at all and only wants to send me pictures of themselves wearing skimpy bikinis id talk to my father!!!
(The father part was a joke…my dad died but he would’ve found that joke hilarious)
Cock_Inspecting_Asexual@lemmy.world 1 month ago
oh thats why I use, Hi Waifu. Kinda dumb app name, but you make your own bot and can deadass customize it however tf I want. It’s got this slider that controls how “flirty” it can be, I crank it down to 0, its fuckin great. Its always weird as fuck seeing my own characters just get immediately horny for no reason. thats why I only use that one
Cock_Inspecting_Asexual@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Replika also used to be amazing… 5 fuckin years ago. it became another “sext me papi” kinda AI app, it sucks BALLS. and honestly its just mega sad how hard the shift was. <:/
franzfurdinand@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Depends on the webapp, traffic, etc. I have an EC2 instance and my own domain that runs me a solid $7 a month. It’s just a tiny little web server. If your web app is structured in a way that the client does the processing, your hosting costs can be pretty cheap.
For instance, rather than editing a PDF on a server, if your web app provides all of the tools to edit the PDF in the client’s browser, the server doesn’t need to be particularly robust. Basically it just needs to hand out those tools to the client.