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Clare Dillon
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AI costs more money to run than it can possibly earn, how is this ever supposed to work?

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edzitron.com Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · Oct 14
Jesus christ. AI coding platform Augment code had to jack up prices because 22.5% of their users were spending 20x of what they paid, and even after raising the prices, they're still running at a loss.
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A handful of users abused the system so all are getting punished. This isn't about a few high-usage users. The reality is that approximately 22.5% of our users are consuming 20x what they're currently paying us. This isn't sustainable for us to continue delivering the quality service you expect. We have built some very powerful tools and we don’t want to impose artificial limits on what’s possible, but we do need to be able to charge in proportion to the use customers are getting from our platform. Developers are always going to push their tools to their limits, and we encourage that — and we need to be able to charge for it appropriately, too. You only care about professional developers. Our core focus is on building the best AI coding agent for professional software engineers and their teams. If people outside of that group are finding value with Augment, they are very welcome to use the product, but we’re not prioritizing features or solutions that non-developers might need, and frankly, there are plenty of vibe coding/low code/no code solutions available on the market that will better serve those customers. You are just squeezing money out of us at 20x margin. 20x margin sounds great, but isn’t the reality for AI tools: the vast majority are running at a loss, including us, while we work to build sustainable, long-term businesses.
October 15, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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Here’s another good summary of the disturbing growth of drone as first responder programs in the U.S. from the EFF:

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Drone As First Responder Programs Are Swarming Across the United States
Law enforcement wants more drones, and we’ll probably see many more of them overhead as police departments seek to implement a popular project justifying the deployment of unmanned aerial vehicles (UA...
www.eff.org
September 25, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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LHN: Many respondents disliked 'go figure it out yourself' mentality, so they did not provide access to the data.
Do not just sign up for 'membership' and then ignore open science practices.
We need practical solutions, more training, and rewards!
Link:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#PRC10
UK Reproducibility Network open and transparent research practices survey dataset
Scientific Data - UK Reproducibility Network open and transparent research practices survey dataset
www.nature.com
September 5, 2025 at 3:33 PM