The Retry Tax: When Free AI Capacity Stops Being Free
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Your first request timed out. You clicked retry. The second attempt sailed through. You just spent two round-trips, a couple thousand tokens, and eleven seconds to get one answer. The answer was free. The retry was not. Free model access is a supply chain, not a gift. You pay for it with queueing,…
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The Retry Tax: When Free AI Capacity Stops Being Free
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