Darkbloom Mac rental network warns of falling AI token costs
The gist
Darkbloom told roughly 800 Mac-renting participants that top operators' median earnings would fall to about $36.77 a month.
Cheaper AI tokens directly shrink what idle-Mac owners earn.
How it unfolded
- May 1, 2026Anthropic's price per million tokens stood at $2.65, per Ramp's AI Token Price Index.
- Oct 22, 2026That price fell to $0.62, a 77% decline from May 1.
- Oct 30, 2026The Register reported Darkbloom warned its roughly 800 participants of low payouts; its reporter had joined the network two days earlier.