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1. jrflo · 1790261287 · focus · HN ↗

   Does anyone actually pay API costs out of their own pocket? It's about 10x cheaper to just get a codex or chat gpt subscription, it's so heavily subsidized compared to the API that I'm sure it would be cheaper to use frontier models on a subscription plan rather than paying API prices for deepseek flash.

   1. mmmattt · 1790261864 · focus · HN ↗

      I do, 3-4$ a month of deep seek is enough for my usage

      1. benhurmarcel · 1790328007 · focus · HN ↗

         Same thing. I'm sure a subscription would be better value if I had enough usage, but I don't. With Deepseek or similar a few $ is quite a bit of usage already.

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