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OpenCode's economics rely on volume discounts and subsidies
OpenCode's economics rely on volume discounts and subsidies
OpenCode's unit economics rely on volume discounts from serving large token volumes; per-token inference payments convert into margin, while free-tier and subscription subsidies function as the cost of acquiring users who may later become high-spending 'whales'.
- Speaker
- Jay V
- Source timestamp
- 23:50
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