I’d like to suggest an opt-in advertising model that gives users control over when ads are shown.
Instead of interrupting an ongoing conversation with an ad at an inconvenient moment, users could choose to watch ads in advance during a suitable break in their usage.
For example, a user could select “Watch ads now” and view several ads at once. The system could then treat those impressions as the user’s advertising exposure for a certain period, rather than interrupting conversations later.
This could make an ad-supported Free tier much less disruptive while still giving advertisers meaningful impressions and OpenAI a predictable source of revenue.
The key point is that the user controls the timing of the advertising. Ads would still exist, but they wouldn’t have to interrupt an ongoing conversation.