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maxignollast Sunday at 10:36 AM3 repliesview on HN

Shouldn’t we fear they start doing only close source like most us labs once they catch up in market shares ?


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traceroute66last Sunday at 10:46 AM

> Shouldn’t we fear they start doing only close source like most us labs once they catch up in market shares ?

IMHO no.

I think it is relatively safe to say that the predominant reason the US labs are closed source is so they can hype up their trillion-dollar valuations on pretty much negative return on capital employed, all propped up by fragile circular financing.

Never say never, of course. But I just don't see it happening any time soon.

vidarhlast Sunday at 10:41 AM

Closing future models won't take away our access to the open weight ones.

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vkoulast Sunday at 10:59 AM

Yeah, but that mousetrap keeps working for SV startups, what makes you think it won't work for Chinese ones?

Uber spent a decade undermining taxis, and once it had market share, it stopped giving away rides and raised prices. It now costs more than a regular taxi, with the quality of the ride being... At best proportionate to the premium in price.

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