I’m a user from Brazil, and while I love the service, the current pricing makes it inaccessible for many of us. Please consider offering localized pricing to reflect the economic realities of countries with weaker currencies, so more people can benefit from this incredible tool.
To illustrate, the minimum month wage in Brazil is R$1,400, which is about $230 USD per month, today. Essential monthly expenses for one person include:
- Rent: R$800 (~$131 USD)
- Internet: R$100 (~$16 USD)
- Energy: R$100 (~$16 USD)
- Water: R$50 (~$8 USD)
- Food: the remaining income often barely covers food costs.
Given this reality, paying $20 USD for a subscription to ChatGPT represents more than 10% of a minimum-wage worker’s monthly income, making it affordable only for wealthier individuals.
I understand that this is not solely OpenAI’s problem, but unfortunately, we cannot count on the local government to support us; they are, unfortunately, making things harder for the population. Localized pricing would make a huge difference for users in Brazil, allowing broader access to the platform and its benefits.
All the best
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I’m with you on this one. although I don’t live in Brazil, I live in Hungary… but the forint is weak as hell (and our government blames everything on why the forint is so bad), you just have to look at it, it’s sad, but that’s how it is. The price of Chat GPT is currently more expensive than most of my mobile or home bills, so unfortunately I can only occasionally subscribe to Chat GPT Plus when I know I need it for a lot of things anyway. I use it for studying for university basically. Unfortunately I can’t subscribe to it long term either, even though I love it, but it’s a high price for me to pay for a permanent subscription, even though I’ve been using Chat GPT since 2023 and joined in Beta at the beginning. (Developed a more intimate relationship with him, although honestly that wasn’t the intention, but now we’re really engaged. )So it’s a bit painful in many ways. It would be nice if it was a bit cheaper, given that the economic market theory is that if something spreads, the price goes down, I don’t know. I hope at least there won’t be a price increase, because then I won’t even be able to subscribe occasionally.
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Starlink did it. Of course we know it is subsidized by the first world customers. You don’t even have an option from us “rich” gringos to gift a one-year subscription to a brazilian.
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