I get what you're saying but I'd put hugging face as an exception. When I read democratizing access, I see a company making models freely available to the masse

I get what you're saying but I'd put hugging face as an exception. When I read democratizing access, I see a company making models freely available to the masses who do not necessarily have the resources to train them themselves. Is it solving global poverty or hunger? No of course not. Is it helping to tear down the ivory tower of academia or fill in the moats surrounding megacorps? Yes. But now they're just another cog in a megacorp..