Not OP, but it's been topping app downloads everywhere. A lot of non-tech people are trying it. Note they offer a free reasoning model while OpenAI charges $20

Not OP, but it's been topping app downloads everywhere. A lot of non-tech people are trying it. Note they offer a free reasoning model while OpenAI charges $200. And the reasoning is a lot more transparent. My opinion is probably both an attack and an unmanageable surge right on Spring Festival (Chinese NY). It's been red all day: https://status.deepseek.com/ https://status.deepseek.com/ But I had no issues today with web. Yesterday night it was spotty.