Ask HN: Have you cancelled any software subscriptions because AI replaced them?
I went through all my subscriptions recently and haven't cancelled a single one because of AI - neither has my girlfriend. I built some small tools and browser extensions for myself that I use daily. But honestly, I wouldn't have paid for those anyway — maybe a one-time small purchase, but never a subscription. Curious if others had a different experience. Did you cancel something because chat with LLMs replaced it? Or did you build your own thing and make a paid tool redundant? 1 comments on Hacker News.
I went through all my subscriptions recently and haven't cancelled a single one because of AI - neither has my girlfriend. I built some small tools and browser extensions for myself that I use daily. But honestly, I wouldn't have paid for those anyway — maybe a one-time small purchase, but never a subscription. Curious if others had a different experience. Did you cancel something because chat with LLMs replaced it? Or did you build your own thing and make a paid tool redundant?
I went through all my subscriptions recently and haven't cancelled a single one because of AI - neither has my girlfriend. I built some small tools and browser extensions for myself that I use daily. But honestly, I wouldn't have paid for those anyway — maybe a one-time small purchase, but never a subscription. Curious if others had a different experience. Did you cancel something because chat with LLMs replaced it? Or did you build your own thing and make a paid tool redundant? 1 comments on Hacker News.
I went through all my subscriptions recently and haven't cancelled a single one because of AI - neither has my girlfriend. I built some small tools and browser extensions for myself that I use daily. But honestly, I wouldn't have paid for those anyway — maybe a one-time small purchase, but never a subscription. Curious if others had a different experience. Did you cancel something because chat with LLMs replaced it? Or did you build your own thing and make a paid tool redundant?
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