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‘I Just Feel Ripped Off’: A Week of Users Asking What They Pay For

There is a particular kind of complaint that gets louder as a market matures. Not “this is broken” — that is the noise of a new product — but “wait, what am I actually paying for?” That is the sound…

  • Ads appear in paid ChatGPT plans, contradicting ad-free promise
  • Coding tools like Cursor have hidden usage limits for unlimited plans
  • Top-tier AI subscriptions reported slower execution and increased hallucinations

I built a chat where every word costs money — on TON, solo, no legal entity

Hi! I'm a mobile developer (Kotlin by day), and a couple of weeks ago I started a side project with a simple, slightly audacious idea: a chat where sending a message costs money — and the recipient…

  • Users pay to send messages, recipients earn money
  • Platform operates as non-custodial, no legal entity required
  • Server matches transactions to messages via unique identifier

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