I'm going to assume the best in your question and disregard your statement. Reasons to use o3 when deepseek is free/cheaper: - Some companies/users may alread

I'm going to assume the best in your question and disregard your statement. Reasons to use o3 when deepseek is free/cheaper: - Some companies/users may already have integrated heavily with OpenAI - The expanded feature-set (e.g., function-calling, search) could be very powerful - DeepSeek has deep ties to the Chinese Communist Party and, while the US has its own blackspots, the "steering" of information is far more prevalent in their models - Local/national regulations might not allow for using DeepSeek due to data privacy concerns - "free" isn't always better I'm sure others have better reasons