You listing things that make developers dependent doesn't mean they weren't less dependent before. Now they have all those things, and more. It is debatable wh

You listing things that make developers dependent doesn't mean they weren't less dependent before. Now they have all those things, and more. It is debatable whether local inference is a competitive disadvantage. One key advantage is consistent performance. No unexpected model downgrades or yanks, no silly safeguards imposed, and no quotas is a lot of advantage. And by the way, it is not an either-or decision. You can use local inference as your daily driver while still leaning on frontier models when you get stuck.