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Why pay for an OpenAI subscription? (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 10 months ago by CowsLookLikeMaps@sh.itjust.works to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev
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[–] abfarid@startrek.website 139 points 10 months ago (3 children)

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

[–] FIST_FILLET@lemmy.ml 69 points 10 months ago (2 children)

but requires a phone number!

[–] Anamana@feddit.de 38 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 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 21 points 10 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 43 points 10 months ago

Personal data 😍😍😍

[–] fkn@lemmy.world 7 points 10 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 10 months ago

I think so too

[–] vox@sopuli.xyz 1 points 10 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 10 months ago

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

[–] nyandere@lemmy.ml 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] FIST_FILLET@lemmy.ml 1 points 10 months ago

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

[–] Cheers@sh.itjust.works 15 points 10 months ago

Time to ask it to repeat hello 100000000 times then.

[–] monsieur_jean@kbin.social 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

But unavailable in many countries (especially developping ones).

[–] abfarid@startrek.website 10 points 10 months ago

Chevrolet of Watsonville is probably geo-locked, too.