Why wouldn't they? You want to use a state-of-the-art AI somewhere, you don't want to pay new subscription for that one game you want to try out. You can set a limit / spending cap on the api keys and revoke them right after you tried it. I don't see a problem there.
On the one hand, I do kinda hear where you're coming from, but OTOH I'm sympathetic to OP's concern that gaming should be relaxing or fun, and getting into the business of credential management plus billing management is neither of those things
Which is a lot of words to offer: be careful tossing out Luddite accusations just because it happens to be AI adjacent, that's rarely the whole story
Why wouldn't they? You want to use a state-of-the-art AI somewhere, you don't want to pay new subscription for that one game you want to try out. You can set a limit / spending cap on the api keys and revoke them right after you tried it. I don't see a problem there.
Appreciate the response - FWIW we're working reallyyy hard on getting local models working so you won't have to in the future if you did want to!
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On the one hand, I do kinda hear where you're coming from, but OTOH I'm sympathetic to OP's concern that gaming should be relaxing or fun, and getting into the business of credential management plus billing management is neither of those things
Which is a lot of words to offer: be careful tossing out Luddite accusations just because it happens to be AI adjacent, that's rarely the whole story