Re:DeepSeek peak/off-peak pricing update
by culi on Friday August 14, 2026 @03:06PM
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Makes sense. 60% of the world's population is in Asia and software professionals in Asia are much more likely to prioritize affordable models like DeepSeek over expensive Western ones
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Re:DeepSeek peak/off-peak pricing update
by declan_roberts on Friday August 14, 2026 @04:01PM
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Not sure they even have a choice.
Well Anthropic doesn't allow Claude in China and neither does OpenAI. But the rest of Asia certainly has a choice. Unless you mean socioeconomically. Also there's plenty of loopholes people in China can use to still access those models
Re:DeepSeek peak/off-peak pricing update
by nhuser2221 on Friday August 14, 2026 @04:05PM
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Yep they don’t have a choice
Re:DeepSeek peak/off-peak pricing update
by aucisson_masque on Friday August 14, 2026 @05:10PM
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That is not at all the case. The Chinese government is even indirectly subsidizing Claude and other platforms like ChatGPT.
If you buy Claude api access through a third party Chinese company, it's cheaper than when you buy directly.
Beside it would go against the Chinese philosophy of just using the right tool for the job. If Claude is better at a task than deepseek, they sure use Claude.
No really I don't get your claim, do you have any proof that you can source ??