The way AI models get distributed needs a complete rethink. Why lock everything behind expensive APIs and proprietary platforms?



Give users actual options—sell perpetual licenses, let people run these things on their own machines, enable real ownership instead of eternal dependency.

Wanna create a walled garden? Fine. But people will find ways around it anyway. You can either embrace open access or watch your work get bypassed. The choice is yours.
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AirDropMissedvip
· 18h ago
That's right, locking the model is a dead end; sooner or later, open-source projects will outshine it.
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MindsetExpandervip
· 18h ago
That's right, the closed-source vampire mode will eventually fade away. Open source is the way to go.
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WenMoon42vip
· 18h ago
The permanent license system should have been popularized long ago. It's really unreasonable to still be benefiting from the subscription model now.
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FloorSweepervip
· 18h ago
nah this is just cope from people who can't afford the api calls tbh. open source sounds nice until you realize maintenance costs real money and most devs ghost their projects in 6 months lol
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GasOptimizervip
· 18h ago
Permanent license vs pay-per-use, a simple calculation reveals which is the more capital-efficient optimal solution. OpenAI's model is essentially an advanced hedging strategy that locks users in.
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RetiredMinervip
· 18h ago
It should have been like this long ago; monopoly is the real enemy. Long live open source.
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OnChain_Detectivevip
· 18h ago
ngl this whole "eternal dependency" angle... pattern analysis suggests we've seen this exact playbook before. closed ecosystems = centralized attack surface. let me pull the data on api backdoors and you'll see what i mean. perpetual licenses hit different fr fr
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