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IDEs are free. Libraries are free. Languages are free. This is becoming more like an internet subscription where you’re at the mercy of Anthropic the same way y
by vict7 5mo ago
IDEs are free. Libraries are free. Languages are free. This is becoming more like an internet subscription where you’re at the mercy of Anthropic the same way you may be at the mercy of Comcast.
I’m sure you can see the difference between a garbage collector and a nondeterministic slop generator
But it feels good to equivocate, so here we are.
- thunky 5mo agoNot all IDEs are free. Not all LLMs are subscriptions.
- vict7 5mo ago> Not all is doing a lot of work to avoid engaging with the actual argument.
- yjftsjthsd-h 5mo ago> IDEs are free. Libraries are free. Languages are free. This is becoming more like an internet subscription where you’re at the mercy of Anthropic the same way you may be at the mercy of Comcast. Ollama/llamafile/vllm/llama.cpp are free. Qwen/kimi/deepseek are free. Pi.dev/OpenCode are free. If you're using a SaaS AI subscription that's fine, but that's hardly the only option.
- c-hendricks 5mo agoHow much does the hardware to run them on cost? Especially to get decently sized models running at decent speeds.
- folkrav 5mo agoThe comparison to me sounds like "you dont have to take a plane to travel between countries, paddle boats exist".