AI FEATURES ARE ERODING YOUR SUBSCRIPTION APP'S MARGINS — HERE'S HOW TO FIX IT

Summary from the TLDR Founders newsletter

AI features introduce variable costs that scale with user engagement. This disrupts the near-zero marginal soft model of traditional subscription apps. The most successful businesses are designing their entire systems around the economics of usage. Teams need to manage AI the same way they manage acquisition spend or infrastructure. Consider whether the AI feature is worth the cost - the improvements from implementing AI need to be measurable.