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Re:State of AI: An Empirical 100T Token Study with OpenRouter by echelon on Thursday December 04, 2025 @11:07PM (#46156753)
Cynical take: they could look at everyone and give a discount for optics.

I'd feel a lot better if "OpenRouter" were open source.

Re:State of AI: An Empirical 100T Token Study with OpenRouter by scirob on Friday December 05, 2025 @04:33AM (#46158971)
litellm is basically open source version https://www.litellm.ai although the openrouter being a hosted service is kinda the point. Unless the whole industry decides to this over e2ee you cant get any guarantees about an intermediary aggregator
Re:State of AI: An Empirical 100T Token Study with OpenRouter by stingraycharles on Friday December 05, 2025 @06:38AM (#46159962)
Nobody is forcing you to use it. It’s a service for convenience: you just pay one provider instead of having to create a bazillion accounts.

If you don’t like any middle men, just go to one of the providers directly.