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The word limit isn't a feature; it's a cost problem

Every transcription app with a capped free tier has the same explanation: server costs. Cloud transcription's expensive per minute, so they've gotta meter you. Recitey's free tier runs Whisper locally on your device. Your machine does the work. Their variable cost: zero. That's why there's no word counter and no artificial limit. But here's what's actually interesting. The word limit isn't missing from Recitey because the founders were generous. It's absent because the cost structure doesn't require one. When you see a word counter on someone else's free tier, you're looking at their unit economics.

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