Aren't these open models so cheap because they're (partially) chinese gov. sponsored, and because they're stealing and redistributing the IP that comes in?
Well I can't speak to the chinese gov part, but ALL the models are IP laundering systems. I'd rather IP get laundered into open source.
Technically correct, the worst kind of correct :)
And the American ones are stealing and redistributing the IP of every single person who authored anything on the internet at some point.