# FOMO
Latest news and articles about FOMO
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The New ‘Compute Tax’: How OpenClaw Turns AI FOMO into Consumer Spending
OpenClaw has turned the high cost of compute into an accessible but potentially expensive consumer product, fueling token spending driven more by fear of missing out than by clear productivity gains. While big tech treats compute as a long-term strategic play, ordinary users are discovering that using powerful AI can be costlier and less useful than expected, creating new revenue streams for cloud vendors and service providers.
How China’s Marketplaces Turned an Open‑Source AI Agent into a Mini Industry
OpenClaw’s burst of popularity on GitHub spawned a fast‑moving consumer market in China, where platforms like Xianyu and Xiaohongshu have become hubs for paid installation services, courses and bespoke integrations. The trend exposes how information asymmetry and FOMO convert freely available open‑source tools into paid commodities, often obscuring ongoing costs such as API fees and maintenance.