At this point, the only thing that keeps me using ChatGPT is o1 w/ RAG. The usage limits on o1 are prohibitively tight for regular use, so I have to budget usag

At this point, the only thing that keeps me using ChatGPT is o1 w/ RAG. The usage limits on o1 are prohibitively tight for regular use, so I have to budget usage to tasks that would benefit there. I also have significant misgivings about their policies around output, which also limit what I can use it for. For local tasks, the deepseek-r1:14b and deepseek-r1:32b distillations immediately replace most of that usage (prior local models were okay, but not consistently good enough). Once there's a "just works" setup for RAG on par with installing ollama (which I doubt is far of), I don't see much reason to continue paying for my subscription. Sadly, like many others in this thread, I expect under the current administration to see self-hamstringing protectionism further degrade the US's likelihood of remaining a global powerhouse in this space. Betting the farm on the biggest first-mover who can't even keep up with competition, has weak to non-existent network effects (I can choose a different model or service with a dropdown, they're more or less fungible), has no technological moat and spent over a year pushing apocalyptic scenarios to drum up support for a regulatory moat... ...well it just doesn't seem like a great idea to me.