My only regret is I never had a chatgpt subscription in the first place to cancel.
this post was submitted on 04 Mar 2026
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That's a win, not a regret π
Me too. Sorry guys. The only thing I could cancel is my Ollama free tier account but i don't think that's going to make much of an impact.
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I hate chatbots because they are an affront to personhood, language, and the very concept of meaning. You hate chatbots because some of the manufacturers donate to a political party in a failing empire.
We are allies
I hate chatbots because they don't work. If any of this technology actually operated as advertised I would be ecstatic. But none of it does.
Not only has AI failed to give us a warp drive, it's also failed to do my very simple job for me.
They're quite good at generating text that sounds reasonably like speech to people. Problem is, that's not actually useful.
They'd make excelent politicians.
Unfortunately I can't help with the acceleration. Can't cancel a subscription that never started
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I'm in postgrad study at the moment and the amount of university students that rely on ChatGPT for 80%+ of their assignment/project work has really shaken my trust in the current gen coming out of higher education.
This is after the unit lecturers have each belaboured the point that GenAI must be 'used responsibly and with care to triple-check any output is valid and understood - and that any confirmed plagiarism or hallucinated references are an 'instant zero' on assignments.
They don't care. It's easier than reading textbooks and thinking.
(All this to say - I don't think #QuitChatGPT will have much effect on those using it regularly, regardless of their morals)
I swear I don't understand college students who work so hard not to learn.
It's like they want to get as little education for their money as possible.
Because being more intelligent than before isn't the point anymore. It's to get a $50k certificate that says you can do jobs unrelated to what you studied. It's shows that you are breakable and thus likely to be a good worker.
Because they're not going to college to learn, they're going to get a degree. The prevailing mentality is "I'm paying for this so that I can go through the motions and graduate so that I'll meet the minimum qualifications for an entry level position."
It's a result of the commodification of education: treating universities like a business rather than as centers of learning. Everything's transactory.
Professors are afraid to fail students because the administration wants the best retention ratings, and cause bad reviews might mean they lose their jobs.
Oh, and because expecting college students to actually learn something is elitist, apparently...
Don't get caught forming coherent thoughts in complete sentences with proper spelling, grammar, and punctuation. Someone might accuse you of being petite bourgeois and get your professor fired for playing favorites...
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Itβs gonna be like when cell phones got popular and suddenly no one could remember anyoneβs phone number anymore, but this time it will be that they canβt remember anything
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When I was in college, I did some TA work helping to run labs. This particular lab was a general chemistry lab for the health care track, nurses, doctors, etc. This girl walks up to me, deadpan, and asks "What does 'M-L' mean?" She was asking what milliliter meant. I shit you not, that has scared me about ever going to a hospital for anything more serious than a cold.
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This is disheartening to hear. Why would you pay $60k-$100k in tuition alone only to waste the paid opportunity?
Itβs like buying a new Toyota Tacoma, slashing the tires, draining the radiator, and then taking it out for a spin and expecting a quality drive.
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Can't cancel a subscription I never had.
Sorry. I can't do that. I can't cancel my subscription to Chatgpt. I just can't......
......because I never subscribed in the first place.
I need one clarification : If I start using chatGPT like crazy, without a subscription, does this help (by making user numbers look good) or hinder (by burning computing resources for no revenue) the company ?
I'd say both, but it probably hinders the people having to live next to the data centers more than the company with effectively infinite money
I have barely used any of the AI products that have been around for the last few years. But what little I have used them for they've been fairly adequate for my desires I can't imagine paying for that though.
Like I use co-pilot (because management insist we use it for something), to rewrite emails into corporate speak. And I guess it's nice not to have to do that anymore but it's not something I'd pay for.
I just don't understand these AI bros I really don't.
I'm a programmer, AI is really good at programming and I use it everyday at work. But you really need to be careful and read and understand EVERY LINE the AI gave you and judge if it's correct architecturally, maintainable, fits the direction of the product etc etc etc.
I let it write tests and mundane mapping functions mostly, but it's still pretty useful as an "assistant".
The tech bros all come from this programming world and I think they got a bit too enthousiastic about the technology. An LLM is not a human brain.
Can we get some citations besides an image someone posted? I did a cursory look and couldnβt substantiate any of this. The only real news is Nvidia saying their last round of investments in openAI and Anthropic would probably be their last.
Genuine question. I know itβs fun to hate on AI slop and openAI in general, but there are enough real facts, donβt feel like we need any made up ones to win folks over
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When you use ChatGPT you chat with Trump!
Cancel your subscription today!
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It is kinda concerning how few people actually remember the 2008 Recession and what precedent the US state solidified in its response. A key feature of neoliberal politics is the extraction of public capital through state subsidies and cronyist deal-making. These companies understand that bailouts are a genuine and secure route for capital injection should they sustain a consistent loss. Y'all think it's a coincidence all this coverage of AI company losses followed their realization that there is no way for the US to build up its infrastructure to effectively challenge Chinese AI capabilities?
This is the business model, it's why they're so open and vocal about AI sucking even though they depend on its speculative value and its why they've spent so much on collecting liquidation assets in hardware and real-estate despite the obvious inability to meet the infrastructure demands.
Oh I remember 2008 quite. I lost most of my teenage years to homelessness because economies collapsed due to America's capitalist bullshit.
During that time I had to struggle for food, had junkies threaten and attack my family, and nearly died shitting and puking blood due to contaminated water.
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There is no reason for me to cancel my ChatGPT subscription if I never even started a ChatGPT subscription.
Not sure how anyone can say "fuck AI" and still actually sorta use AI.
My university automatically gives all students premium subscriptions to multiple chatbots.
Meanwhile acquiring a local bus pass is case-by-case process to save money from students who do not use that service.
I don't know why they actively refuse to do the same with microsoft products.
In the end my tuition money funds 4 different chatbot services to 30,000+ students. I feel like I should apologize at this point.
(I still refuse to use any of them tho cause fuck AI)
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People pay for GPT?!
If you have or had a ChatGPT subscription youβre part of the problem too
If you ever bought a consumer product brought forth by capitalism you are also a part of the problem.
But that doesnβt mean individuals canβt learn and try to be better themselves.
All of humanity will have to work to better ourselves if we want a future for our species.
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I just cancelled ππ½
Meanwhile I'm just surprised they had enough paying users to warrant a subscription cancelling movement.
Or cancel sub and then use the absolute shit out of the free model to burn their runway faster
Why would I ever even have bought a ChatGPT subscription when there were free ways to access LLMs that were just as good?
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Ahh man, I never once used chatgpt cause I have a brain. I wish I could cancel it just to be one more person to cancel, but I knew it was a scam when it came out years ago.
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Too late. They have contracts with the Pentagon now and have officially achieved Military Industrial Complex status. You no longer get to vote with your wallet because your tax dollars will go to them whether you like it or not. The mass surveillance tools they provide are too valuable to let them fail.
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