Hugging Face has no paywall

You have to create an account and agree to some stuff and be logged in but you're correct that you don't have to pay.

> You have to create an account and agree to some stuff and be logged in

So a paywall. I agree it's a annoyingly misleading term for the concept and would be happy to hear better alternatives[0], but I haven't found one yet.

0: like eg "passphrase" instead of "password" or "assuming the conclusion" instead of "begging the question" for their respective concepts

If that's what paywall means now then sorry for the noise. :)

I would disagree with their assertion that requiring an account is a paywall. I mean, it's in the name... if you don't have to pay, it's not a paywall. A barrier to entry, sure, but a far easier one to overcome than entering payment details.

You're not paying with money, but you're paying with your identity.

At this point in history, it's very unlikely your identity is secret anyway.

That's no reason to make it any easier for them to get it.

These models may contain executable code. Beware of malware. Official sources are recommended for this reason.

> These models may contain executable code. Beware of malware.

Seconded, actually. I do have a bad habit of assuming people already know this.

> Official sources are recommended for this reason.

Very not seconded; see for example comments elsewhere in this thread about untrustworthy sources for popcorn time, and recall that the GP was specifically discussing the risk of Stability AI deciding to kill this.

Okay, bad habit stikes again apparently. To be explicit: If you get it from official sources, you should still beware of malware just as much as if you got it from a skeezy darkweb site (and vice versa).