[Zvez]

while this is technically correct, difference is that your product won't survive without openai at this point. If you need the model quality openai provides you are stuck and your product can just disappear. Because llm is core building block, irreplaceable one.

[JohnFen]

Building a product that relies 100% on a single external vendor is taking a huge risk. So many companies have been burned by this in the past that it's amazing anyone doesn't see it as a risky thing.

So I have to believe that the people making these products are intending to make as much cash as possible up front and aren't aiming for a long-term thing.

[cudgy]

Use the facade pattern so it’s easier to swap out if needed.