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Highly recommend exerting the extra effort it takes to remain portable with your AI workflow. Not just to workaround typical Google shut downs, but also the inc

• nok22kon 3mo ago
  the more portable everyone is, the more arbitrage will happen - cheap providers will raise prices too because users will flow to them
  • xnx 3mo ago
    This is not a theory of market competition that I've heard before.
    • kasey_junk 3mo ago
      It’s also an usual use of the term arbitrage
      • nok22kon 3mo ago
        you will not want 20 different accounts at 20 providers, you'll have one at a "token arbitrage" provider - OpenRouter drop-shipping is a form of arbitrage
    • nok22kon 3mo ago
      basic supply/demand demand moves to cheaper providers, they ran out of capacity and increase price literally why "commodities" are "commodities" - the more interchangeable a product is the more exposed it is to supply/demand mechanics
      • xnx 3mo ago
        Agree. The less "stuck" a customer is to a given provider, the more that prices should equalize between providers.
• jeffyaw 3mo ago
  highly agree, i built typed for this exactly.
• hirvi74 3mo ago
  All I use is the web app/chat features for development, so I feel like my bases are covered.