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Why $0.99 Support Bot Taxes Are Obsolete in 2026: An Architectural Deep Dive

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When the generative AI revolution hit enterprise software in 2023, legacy customer support vendors faced a classic innovator's dilemma: How do you price an AI feature when the underlying marginal cost of compute is plummeting toward zero? Their answer was the "Bot Tax" —charging customers $0.99 for…

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  1. 2026-09-10 22:10 · DEV Community — AI
    Why $0.99 Support Bot Taxes Are Obsolete in 2026: An Architectural Deep Dive

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