I made a universal credit system as an alternative to subscriptions

7 JonanJ 3 5/21/2025, 4:03:13 AM joinares.com ↗

Comments (3)

joshstrange · 5h ago
How is this different from OpenRouter or LiteLLM?

It’s just API passthrough isn’t it? The title and the branding make it seem like you can get access to the $200+/mo tools and just pay for usage but this just looks like the API. If it’s not the using the API, I imagine it will get shutdown quickly.

Also, your FAQ is sloppy and clearly AI generated.

two_handfuls · 11h ago
Ok, so I pay for what I use instead of the flat monthly fee of a subscription.

How do I know it's cheaper? Surely, that would depend on how much I use it? Yet your website confidently claims a $10/mo cost instead of $200/mo.

I'm sure you're aboveboard, but the website sure makes this proposition look too good to be true!

JonanJ · 11h ago
It depends on how much you use, sure. But the point is a lot of people aren't willing to get subscriptions but still wants to use new apps - maybe just once or twice to try things out. For these people who use apps once in a while, it's cheaper to pay for only what they use.

Not only that, but subscriptions are going to kill startups.

33% of consumers wont get a new subscription unless they cancel an existing one.

Literally the definition of a zero-sum game as this number is increasing, but the new apps that come into market every single day are defaulting to subscriptions...