While I understand that they might need some account or token to stop abuse, just having my sign in is a big no for anything I just want to try out. After the whole social media trend more or less collapsed into a privacy invading data collection nightmare, I've been extremely reluctant to sign up for anything.
No no, I understand that it's not a viable financial option, I just don't understand that anyone would trust any of these companies with any sort of information.
Most of the current AI companies are going to fail or get bought up, so you have no idea where that account information, all your prompts and all the answers will eventually go. After social media, I don't really see any reason why anyone would trust any tech company with any sort of information, unless you really really have to. If I want to run an LLM, then I'll get one that can run on my own computer, even if that mean forgoing certain features.