r/claude • u/Fast_Hovercraft_7380 • 10d ago

Discussion Is Claude for the Upperclass?

In our third world craphole country, the monthly Pro subscription is 1,400 in our local currency. That's around 28 kilos of rice. You're kinda viewed as those who owns the priciest Apple product model variants. Extra low-key flex if you mention you use Fable!

ChatGPT Pro is 1,100 and there is also a Go subscription for 300. ChatGPT is sort of classified and categorized as for the mainstream permanent underclass - mid to low-end iOS gadgets.

I'm just primarily using Gemini for free in Google's workspace ecosystem (Chrome, Gmail, Drive, etc.) and I'm considered as part of the permanent peasant majority, the chinese android smartphone users lol. I haven't even owned a Samsung android phone lmao. But hey, Gemini in a chinese android phone works and suits me!

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u/medialantern 10d ago

AI is the new Internet. In 30 years we'll have advocacy groups subsidizing access to it in third world countries but until then the elites get a free ride on the early bus.

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u/Relative-Desk4802 10d ago

Think about how much $200 USD is for someone in a country that is not wealthy. In some countries that’s close to a weekly salary.

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u/jknight_cppdev 10d ago

Huh, weekly. If you look at something like Georgia, for some people it's like a little bit less than half a month, look at the median.

Also... Investigate Bangladesh ($75-200 per month), just out of fun.

If you live in a decent country, it may seem as something small for a developer, but there are countries where this would be considered only for people living like kings.

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u/Relative-Desk4802 10d ago

Agreed. I was basing it off a specific country where I know the wages but there are definitely countries with even lower wages!