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The Credit System Scam
You know what really grinds my gears? Providers that charge you when their system fails.
Generation timed out? That’ll be 50 credits.
Model crashed? Another 30 credits.
Queue got stuck? Sorry, credits gone.
And those credits? They’re deliberately confusing. You have no idea what you’re actually paying until you’ve already spent it. It’s like casino chips - designed to make you lose track of real money.
Minutes Are Real Money
I use minutes instead of credits because I respect your intelligence.
One minute of compute = one minute of cost. Simple. Clear. You know exactly what you’re paying for.
No conversion charts. No “1000 credits = $10 but also sometimes $15 depending on the model and if Mercury is in retrograde.”
Just minutes. Real, actual, understandable units of time that correspond to real cost.
The SLA That Actually Means Something
Here’s my promise: if your video generation takes more than 10 minutes, it’s a failed generation and you pay nothing.
Zero minutes deducted. Zero cost.
Why? Because that’s a service level failure. That’s on me, not you.
Most providers would still charge you. They’d say “well, we tried” or “resources were allocated” or some other corporate excuse for taking your money while delivering nothing.
Not here.
Granted that AI is already quite random and difficult to get what you want. I am not smart enough to fix that. WHy I add another layer of hopelessness.
Failures Happen - But You Shouldn’t Pay for Them
This is complex technology. GPU clusters. Neural networks. Distributed systems. Quantum uncertainties (okay maybe not that last one, but you get the idea).
Things can and do go wrong:
- Models can timeout
- Servers can crash
- Networks can hiccup
- Cosmic rays can flip bits (seriously, this is a real thing)
But here’s the thing - that’s the cost of doing business for me. Not for you.
If I can’t deliver within my SLA, you don’t pay. Period.
Why Other Providers Don’t Do This
Because it costs them.
Every failed generation they charge you for is pure profit. They allocated resources, they count that as cost, so they pass it to you regardless of outcome.
It’s like a restaurant charging you full price even when they burn your meal. “Well, we used the ingredients and the stove was on, so…”
I’d rather eat the cost and maintain trust.
The Hidden Tax on Confusion
Convoluted credit systems aren’t just annoying - they’re designed to extract more money from you.
You can’t budget properly. You can’t predict costs. You can’t make informed decisions about what to generate.
And when things fail? You’re not even sure if you were charged or not. So you keep going, keep spending, until suddenly your credits are gone and you’re not sure where they went.
That’s not transparency. That’s a hidden tax on confusion.
What “Minutes” Actually Means for Goon AI Users
When you use minutes, you know:
- Exactly what you’re spending per generation
- Exactly how much you have left
- Exactly when you need to top up
- Exactly whether a failure cost you anything (it didn’t)
This matters especially for goon ai content where you might iterate, experiment, and push boundaries. You need to know your costs won’t spiral because of system failures or unclear pricing.
The Real Cost of Honesty
This policy costs me money. Every failed generation that I don’t charge for is compute I’ve paid for but can’t bill.
But you know what costs more? Losing trust.
If I charged you for failures, you’d spend your time second-guessing whether to try something. Whether it’s worth the risk. Whether I’m being honest about what failed and what didn’t.
That’s not the relationship I want with users.
I want you to create freely, knowing that if something goes wrong on my end, you’re covered.
How This Actually Works
Simple:
- You start a generation
- It completes in under 10 minutes: minutes are deducted based on actual compute time
- It fails or takes over 10 minutes: zero minutes deducted, you get a notification
No appeals process. No support tickets. No proving it wasn’t your fault.
Automatic. Transparent. Fair.
The Part Where I’m Honest About Tradeoffs
Could I charge less if I charged for failures? Probably.
Could I scale faster if I used credit systems that confuse people into spending more? Definitely.
Could I make more money if I did what everyone else does? Absolutely.
But then I’d be everyone else.
And everyone else is exactly what I built this to escape from.
Why This Model Works
My users get it. They understand that:
- Technology is complex and failures happen
- Transparency matters more than perfection
- Fair pricing beats cheap tricks
- Trust is worth more than short-term profit
When I don’t charge for a failure, users don’t complain about the failure. They understand it’s part of the territory.
When I’m clear about costs, users budget properly and don’t feel scammed.
When I treat people like adults, they act like adults.
The Bottom Line
Most providers charge you for failed generations because they can get away with it.
I don’t charge you for failures because I’m not building a service that gets away with things.
I’m building a service that works, charges fairly, and respects your intelligence enough to be honest about costs.
10 minutes or less. If I miss it, you pay nothing.
That’s not a marketing gimmick. That’s a promise backed by actual code that automatically prevents billing on SLA violations.
Because your minutes should go toward successful generations, not my failures.
And because in a world full of hidden fees, confusing credits, and charges for nothing, being straightforward shouldn’t be revolutionary.
But apparently it is.
Back to Gooner cave.