Boycotting ChatGPT. Have to send a message on my iPhone to my friend about it. And then I need to check my emails on my Windows computer. But I am glad I am boycotting ChatGPT.
this post was submitted on 12 Feb 2026
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I dont give them any valuable information about me and I never pay. I also only use it in the browser and not even that often
What about using it without a subscription though ? I'm unsure whether this is good or bad for them, it loses them money but it also makes their user numbers look good so idk
At least disable "improve model for everyone" and only use temporary chats. We can't trust they'll follow it though. Duck AI is good to anonymize your gpt session but very bad at math formatting
Nah I'm gonna use my free account to prompt a bunch if inane shit to drive up operating costs while poisoning their training data
if you really want to hurt them use a free account and keep on asking to make you innane pictures and stuff. I mean it will waste energy though but it will cost them money.