July 27, 2026

AI vendors are switching from subscriptions to consumption pricing. AI PCs are the hedge.

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The AI pricing model is shifting. Major software vendors are moving away from per-seat subscriptions toward token consumption or outcome-based pricing for AI features. The flat-rate subscriptions that attracted early adopters were loss leaders. Now t...