It's not just Google, literally every new service always does this. Prices will always go up once the have enough customers and bean counters start pointing at

It's not just Google, literally every new service always does this. Prices will always go up once the have enough customers and bean counters start pointing at spreadsheets. Ergo, local is the only option if you don't want to be held for ransom afterwards. As goes for web servers, scraper bots, and whatever, so goes for llms.