Even if the VC-backed companies jacked up their prices, the models that I can run on my own laptop for "free" now are magical compared to the state of the art f

Even if the VC-backed companies jacked up their prices, the models that I can run on my own laptop for "free" now are magical compared to the state of the art from 2 years ago. Ubiquity may come from everyone running these on their own hardware.