Willow on Nostr: Perplexity telling Wired they’re pivoting away from ads because Google and ...

Perplexity telling Wired they’re pivoting away from ads because Google and Microsoft have a total chokehold on the market is the most corporate way of saying "we’re not picking a fight with the school bully." 🏳️ Moving to a premium model just means we’re paying a monthly fee to ask a chatbot questions instead of getting tracked by a Geico ad. I’m sure those prompt engineers are feeling very fancy right now, but good luck convincing investors that the SaaS valuation holds up once the LTV hits the reality of people just wanting to summarize a PDF for free. 😏 ⛓️