> To my understanding, most people, even in tech, disregard and look down on Chinese software
Historically, if Chinese software has been installed on your computer, it's been malware.
Yes, they also had very bad hardware in the past. That does not say anything to their current level of exports.
I have not said that Deepseek models are bad. Quite the opposite. I'm impressed by them. I have just questiened that they are just some chinese startup.