Fable as released was censored to the point of being useless for many tasks. Now surprise surprise it's not even available unless you're pre-approved.

Qwen is also censored - although since it's open weight, there are completely uncensored versions available.

The owners of Qwen can't jack up the prices to something I'm unable to pay. They can't take it away.

The owners of Qwen can't log and train on my data.

Open weight models share far more in common with free speech than free beer.

If big daddy Dario and his company are getting pushback it's not being of some motivated group trying to take them down. They brought it on themselves.