ChatGPT Plus Subscriptions Paused, Spawning Black Market for Resold Accounts
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OpenAI paused new ChatGPT Plus subscriptions due to surging demand after announcing upgrades like GPT-4 Turbo.
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Pausing new subscriptions created a black market for reselling existing ChatGPT Plus accounts.
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Users are selling access to their accounts on sites like eBay.
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Resellers can offer lower prices by selling access to one account to multiple buyers.
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Signing up through OpenAI's waitlist is better than buying resold accounts that may get shut down.