The problem with Big Tech AI pricing (and why $2/month is the answer)

The Problem with Big Tech AI Pricing Let me be direct: ChatGPT costs $20/month. Claude Pro costs $20/month. Gemini Advanced costs $20/month. That number didn't happen by accident. The $20/month cartel $20/month is what happens when companies price for the US median income and call it "global." In the US, $20/month is 0.05% of the average monthly salary. In Nigeria, ₦32,000/month (what ChatGPT actually costs) is 13% of the average monthly salary. In the Philippines, ₱1,120/month is 4.5% of the average monthly salary. In India, ₹1,600/month is 4.8% of the average monthly salary. Same product. Same servers. Same API calls. Wildly different economic impact. Why Big Tech won't fix this Big Tech AI companies have a structural incentive to keep prices high: Wall Street expects growth — and growth means revenue per user, not users per dollar Enterprise is the real customer — consumer products are loss leaders for B2B upsell Training costs are enormous — GPT-4 reportedly cost $100M+ to train. S