alt Hacker News> Fable-level results at 1/3 the cost using open-weight models
But we get ~$2500/mo worth of Fable credits for $200/mo on Anthropic pan? I'm still confused why people (who don't have to use API billing) are chasing open weight models based on cost.
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Because that is a short term solution, it won’t be offered forever. Large organisations have to purchase credits at $/tokens. Eventually everyone else will too.
You may want to consider the incomes of developers outside the US, students, unemployed. $200/month is a lot to a lot of people.
I think most people assume the subsidized plans will go away or get more limited eventually. They are basically a loss leader and a marketing cost that is very flexible and easy to change w/o directly impacting their primary customers.
doesnt exist for enterprise plans
Enterprise plans pay API costs, they're only subsidizing individual accounts and that's only because they have to compete with open-source models.
When they are successful at making those illegal/inaccessible, both Anthropic and ChatGPT are going to rip the band-aid off and inference will only be sold to those that can afford it.
The good ole American way.