Ask HN: Why Do AI Credits Expire

A Hacker News user questions why AI service credits expire, comparing them to gift cards which often do not expire, and seeks explanations beyond the common argument of incentivizing heavier usage.

| |||||||||||| 3 points by | I was writing a blog when this hit me and couldn't find too many convincing arguments other than incentivizing heavier use, would love to hear takes on this. Closest parallel I could think of is gift cards, which too do not expire in many places. | ||||||||||| |