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Pricing
AI token pricing: the commodity bill lands on the developer
Commoditized models won’t make AI token pricing disappear. They just change who pays the bill, and you, the one writing code, sit at the end of that chain.
AI Token Inflation Is Not a Bug: It's the Business Model
Token billing for AI APIs does not measure value produced, but consumption controlled by the vendor. Why LLM costs can grow over time, where lock-in begins, and how production teams can protect themselves.