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Rahul Agarwal
Founder | Agentic AI... • 1m
AI tools aren’t evolving in one direction anymore. They’re quietly splitting into two very different products. Same foundation, different incentives shaping how they behave over time in real usage. That difference compounds fast. Recent changes introduced ads into lower-tier access, while higher-tier users continue using a cleaner, paid experience. That’s not just pricing. It’s product design. When a system depends on ads, it naturally optimizes for attention, retention, and longer interactions across sessions. More time spent matters. More interaction matters. When a system depends on subscriptions, it optimizes for speed, accuracy, and getting the job done quickly and cleanly. Less friction matters. Faster outcomes matter. Over time, these priorities push both versions in completely different directions despite starting from the same underlying technology. They stop being comparable. One becomes better at keeping you engaged and active within the system for longer periods. The other gets better at finishing tasks and getting out of your way efficiently. That creates a clear split in user experience, even if most people don’t notice it immediately. The shift is subtle. But it’s structural. For many users, paying doesn’t feel necessary, even if the tool itself is extremely valuable in daily workflows. That’s a familiar pattern. Free access wins scale. Paid access wins efficiency. Most users will end up experiencing only one version of this system as it continues evolving. And that shapes how they see AI entirely.
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