# Musk says many people have similar stories about AI spending

> Original title: Many such stories

- Source: Elon Musk
- Published: 2026-11-08T13:41:28.000Z
- Bad Influence: https://badinfluence.news/items/omykglqdbcf92dbt4fhzg7sd9
- Original: https://x.com/elonmusk/status/2119425068979937378

## Summary

Elon Musk writes "Many such stories" in a post that quotes an account of a friend who spent over 100,000 dollars on two Mac Studios to run open-source models. The friend reportedly found them less useful than a 200-dollar-per-month closed model.

## Post

Many such stories

## Quoted post @AndyL5cc

> 笑死，一个朋友嫌每月 200 美元的 AI 订阅太贵。🤣
> 
> 转头花了十几万，买了 2 台 Mac Studio，专门部署开源大模型。
> 
> 昨天跟我吐槽：
> 
> “折腾半天，发现还没每月 200 美元的闭源模型好用……”
> 
> 本来想省点订阅费，结果直接把未来十几年的会员费一次性交了。🤡

https://x.com/AndyL5cc/status/2119247317975060982