RIP free deepseek access.
Free model usage is controlled by the LLM provider, not OpenRouter. Both parties have their own incentives to allow it and that would not change with different owners.
> that would not change with different owners
Bookmarking this confidence because people speaking confidently bothers me; we'll see.
The free DeepSeek depended on full data sharing straight to China.
Unlike ChatGPT which depends on selling the full data straight to the US.
Free model usage is controlled by the LLM provider, not OpenRouter. Both parties have their own incentives to allow it and that would not change with different owners.
> that would not change with different owners
Bookmarking this confidence because people speaking confidently bothers me; we'll see.
The free DeepSeek depended on full data sharing straight to China.
Unlike ChatGPT which depends on selling the full data straight to the US.