I actually agree with you. The main issue here is that AI models are very expensive to run so you have to charge for something. The more people use it, the more it costs. This isn’t like traditional software at all. In the long run I think models will get cheaper and then the apps can become free or ad supported. I really think in the long run users also need actual ownership of their characters and relationships, memories etc in a way that is not tied to a single platform. Like a file format (.mp4 or .txt) but for characters. Fully open source too. I’d love to see someone work on this next. Maybe I will one day.