alt Hacker NewsEven if I cannot run open weight models on my own hardware, I can choose from a number of different inference providers and choose them based on pricing, reliability, speed, privacy policy, etc. There is a healthy competition.
Also, not a single provider can pull the rug if I'd like to use a particular model.
Sure but that's true with the closed models as well. They run on different providers and you can choose the cloud provider you prefer.