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The SpicyChat blog covers the practical side of AI girlfriend and virtual companion apps: pricing changes.
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What happens when your AI girlfriend gets shut down
Retired models, closed age tiers, services leaving a country. What to do in the first days — and what you can save.
LegalThe ruling that turned a chatbot into a product
A May 2025 ruling stripped the sector of its strongest shield. What the judge decided, and why everyone rewrote the rules.
PrivacyWhat the regulator found inside Replika
Blocked in 2023, readmitted on conditions, fined five million: the only app in the category a European authority has examined in depth.
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Are your chats training the model?
Three of the five say they train on what you type. Two don’t mention it at all — and none publishes a way to opt out.
Platform riskWhat happens when your AI girlfriend gets shut down
Retired models, closed age tiers, services leaving a country. What to do in the first days — and what you can save.
LegalThe ruling that turned a chatbot into a product
A May 2025 ruling stripped the sector of its strongest shield. What the judge decided, and why everyone rewrote the rules.
HistoryWhere AI girlfriends came from
Eighteen months from the first public beta to a market with a dozen rivals. The timeline explains why the rules came later.
PrivacyWhat the regulator found inside Replika
Blocked in 2023, readmitted on conditions, fined five million: the only app in the category a European authority has examined in depth.
Pricing“Unlimited” means: the text
The subscription buys the text. Everything you see runs on a second currency — and the billing cycle multiplies the rest.