• vane@lemmy.world
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    the number of US AI users who regularly paid for the privilege stood at a whopping 3 percent

    That’s product designed for millionaires entertainment not for people.

    As of 2024, the number of millionaires in the U.S. was around 23.8 million. That means roughly 1 in 15 people in the U.S. has a net worth of at least seven figures.

    1/15*100 = 6.66%

    source:
    https://money.howstuffworks.com/personal-finance/financial-planning/how-many-millionaires-in-the-us.htm

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      Just owning a house in some areas will give you that net worth. It’s not like you don’t have to work full time and you’re just jet-setting around the world all day.

      It’s basically what we used to call “middle class.” Not even upper middle class.

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        you can also be a “poor millionaire” and a rich one, a poor would be that have it tied in certain assets(like houses), but have not way to spend thier means, and the rich ones, come from wealth they can afford to spend how much they want and still remain rich because thier daddy is rich, or they have “succesful influencer thing going on”