I'm using Deepseek flash for certain tasks, it is pretty hard to spend $10 on it. All their top models (by usage) are not from frontier labs.
I suspect the main use of these models is for sending mass spam campaigns and other low-value tasks which are very price sensitive.
If you're paid a Western salary and using the model interactively (eg. For coding), you are wasting time+money by using the less good models.
I suspect the main use of these models is for sending mass spam campaigns and other low-value tasks which are very price sensitive.
If you're paid a Western salary and using the model interactively (eg. For coding), you are wasting time+money by using the less good models.