Comment by GaggiX 5 hours ago >what’s the deal here?It's good. 4 comments GaggiX Reply baq 5 hours ago So is Fable, I’m asking who is the customer if the thing is free ignoramous 4 hours ago "The thing" isn't free [0]: It is cheap by US/EU income standards.> who is the customerIf no one else, then definitely those that can only budget $1/mo to $5/mo. Probably 100s of millions, if not billions, of the Global South.[0] Free access to DeepSeek v4 Flash is indeed available from providers like OpenRouter, OpenCode, and Freebuff (to name a few), but no ZDR. baq 3 hours ago I mean, if you're paying this little, you aren't the customer; the service is either subsidized by investor money (best option), the government (which makes it unfair competition at best) or profit is being realized elsewhere (where?) 1 reply →
baq 5 hours ago So is Fable, I’m asking who is the customer if the thing is free ignoramous 4 hours ago "The thing" isn't free [0]: It is cheap by US/EU income standards.> who is the customerIf no one else, then definitely those that can only budget $1/mo to $5/mo. Probably 100s of millions, if not billions, of the Global South.[0] Free access to DeepSeek v4 Flash is indeed available from providers like OpenRouter, OpenCode, and Freebuff (to name a few), but no ZDR. baq 3 hours ago I mean, if you're paying this little, you aren't the customer; the service is either subsidized by investor money (best option), the government (which makes it unfair competition at best) or profit is being realized elsewhere (where?) 1 reply →
ignoramous 4 hours ago "The thing" isn't free [0]: It is cheap by US/EU income standards.> who is the customerIf no one else, then definitely those that can only budget $1/mo to $5/mo. Probably 100s of millions, if not billions, of the Global South.[0] Free access to DeepSeek v4 Flash is indeed available from providers like OpenRouter, OpenCode, and Freebuff (to name a few), but no ZDR. baq 3 hours ago I mean, if you're paying this little, you aren't the customer; the service is either subsidized by investor money (best option), the government (which makes it unfair competition at best) or profit is being realized elsewhere (where?) 1 reply →
baq 3 hours ago I mean, if you're paying this little, you aren't the customer; the service is either subsidized by investor money (best option), the government (which makes it unfair competition at best) or profit is being realized elsewhere (where?) 1 reply →
So is Fable, I’m asking who is the customer if the thing is free
"The thing" isn't free [0]: It is cheap by US/EU income standards.
> who is the customer
If no one else, then definitely those that can only budget $1/mo to $5/mo. Probably 100s of millions, if not billions, of the Global South.
[0] Free access to DeepSeek v4 Flash is indeed available from providers like OpenRouter, OpenCode, and Freebuff (to name a few), but no ZDR.
I mean, if you're paying this little, you aren't the customer; the service is either subsidized by investor money (best option), the government (which makes it unfair competition at best) or profit is being realized elsewhere (where?)
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