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Re:LLMs Are Cheap by mupuff1234 on Monday June 09, 2025 @10:55AM (#44225146)
Except they most likely do have a plan to make it harder to switch.
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Re:LLMs Are Cheap by raincole on Monday June 09, 2025 @11:35AM (#44225554)
Yeah, sure, please elaborate on how providers such as Fireworks, DeepInfra, Chutes are going to "make it harder to switch."
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Re:LLMs Are Cheap by mupuff1234 on Monday June 09, 2025 @12:37PM (#44226250)
I'm talking about openAI, anthropic, Google, etc.

They'll offer consumer and enterprise integrations that will only work with their models.

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Re:LLMs Are Cheap by hedayet on Monday June 09, 2025 @12:45PM (#44226332)
yes. And they will try both carrots and sticks.

The carrots are already visible - think abstractions like "projects" in ChatGPT.

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Re:LLMs Are Cheap by DarmokJalad1701 on Monday June 09, 2025 @11:42AM (#44225629)
Who is "they"? It makes no sense for Openrouter to allow providers that do not conform to the API. They profit from the commission from the fees and not providing inference.
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