I really enjoy using Chat GPT and find it incredibly useful for research and fact-finding. In many ways, it’s now more useful than Google, especially with the ability to create images and even have voice conversations with AI.
For the last year or so, I’ve been using the free version. While it’s been good overall, I often ran into usage limits, particularly when creating images or using chat more heavily. Usage time was especially restricted when accessing newer AI models. On many days I’d get a message telling me I’d been dropped to a lower model until the next day, sometimes even after fairly light use.
Paying for the Plus version of Chat GPT was never really an option for me. I just wasn’t willing to spend £20 a month for functionality I don’t really need, such as coding. I’d heard rumours that a cheaper, lighter subscription was on the way in the UK, and when it finally launched this month it caught my attention. It’s called ChatGPT Go and costs £8 a month. Previously it had been available in India, before being launched in more countries this month after a successful trial.
Since subscribing earlier this week, the main advantage seems to be longer usage time for voice, newer models, and image creation before hitting any limits. As a relatively light user, I was keen to see whether I’d actually benefit, and whether the quality of answers would noticeably improve.
So far, I’ve been using it to create images, generate news summaries, carry out deeper searches, and for general research. I’ve really been enjoying the experience and you can have a lot of fun using the app.
The difficulty, though, is that it’s hard to measure exactly how much extra benefit you get from the subscription. You have to trust that some answers may be more tailored as a paying subscriber with improved memory learning about you. That said, I haven’t hit any usage restrictions at all, which was one of my main reasons for signing up.
One possible downside is that the Go subscription may not stop ads appearing when they launch in the UK soon. The US version of Go already includes ads, so it’s probably only a matter of time before they appear. Hopefully they will not be too intrusive.
As an experiment, I’ll post updates on how I get on with Go, including the pros and cons. Keep an eye out for follow-up posts. Do comment below if you have signed up for GO, and do let me know how you are finding it.
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