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by hungryhobbit 5 days ago
But, currently ... you're not. AI companies are operating at a loss, and are being subsidized by their investors.

Local may or may not be cheaper than remote now, depending on the details, but the factors you describe won't affect the math nearly as much as they will once that subsidization ends.

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Not for API pricing. The latest models are not subsidised API wise anymore.

Qwen3.6 is practically indistinguishable to Sonnet 4.6 at least in my personal experience. And sonnet 4.6 is not that cheap.