A bit of common knowledge, but these AI subscriptions are likely to be subsidized. Its possible to infer that from the raw API token cost, which is way more expensive for frontier models.
So its expected that they’ll try to tie you to an ecosystem so your workflow became more dependent on their offerings. This is not an AI exclusive approach, many companies do that. Its good to be aware.
Luckily, we have open source models that are 3-6 months behind the frontier labs, which gives options to not be locked in.