Comment by trollbridge

The great part about open models is that you can do this.

Do you have a sound reason to need EU data locality? You can.

Do you want the confidence (and are willing to accept the expense) of only running models on local hardware you control? You can.

Do you want the cheapest possible option - choosing a Chinese, for example, provider, or perhaps a provider offering it for free where you agree they can use your prompts? You can.

Do you need to comply with some kind of regulation like GDPR or rules for contracting with the U.S. federal government? No problem. (Although I'm still waiting for DeepSeek V4 to show up on Amazon BedRock so it can be used from GovCloud...)

Do you have moral objections and want to actually live by them? You can.