• OctopusNemeses@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    The restrictions are so they can gradually institute tiered access fees. This is how the industry becomes profitable.

    • richmondez@lemdro.id
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      22 hours ago

      Only works if they get their competitors “regulated” so other models can’t offer unrestricted features for a lower price.

        • Venia aka: Veñya@feddit.cl
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          15 hours ago

          They don’t need to worry about whether local models can do it. All they have to do is make difficult or remove the power to run a local model in the first place. By, for example, taking your RAM and putting it in a datacenter.