Why Isn't the Industry Freaking Out About DeepSeek 4.1 Flash?

Re:Why Isn't the Industry Freaking Out About DeepSeek 4.1 Fl... by loveparade on Thursday October 08, 2026 @09:37PM (#50014925)

This. At this point I don't really care about other models because max subscription are super cheap (relatively speaking) and I don't hit my limits. Even if the frontier models are only 5% better I might as well just use the best thing available if the price is reasonable.

Once the subsidization ends and cost becomes significant I will take a serious look around for the best value models and switch off the expensive providers, but that time hasn't come yet.

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Re:Why Isn't the Industry Freaking Out About DeepSeek 4.1 Fl... by dragonwriter on Thursday October 08, 2026 @10:15PM (#50015157)

> Once the subsidization ends and cost becomes significant I will take a serious look around for the best value models and switch off the expensive providers, but that time hasn't come yet.

There's a reason the labs in the US frontier oligopoly are using “safety” to lobby for antitrust exemptions for mutual coordination as well as anticompetitive regulation.

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Re:Why Isn't the Industry Freaking Out About DeepSeek 4.1 Fl... by switchbak on Thursday October 08, 2026 @10:43PM (#50015355)

I have a subscription at work, and still I find myself wishing I could use a fast Chinese model. Something wired up to really fast inference - that rapidity of feedback is a feature in itself.

4.1 Flash seems to be in that sweet spot of very decent, really fast and really cheap. Even omitting the cost, it’s still compelling for staying in flow.

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Re:Why Isn't the Industry Freaking Out About DeepSeek 4.1 Fl... by wmedrano on Thursday October 08, 2026 @10:24PM (#50015219)

I'm actually shocked by how many people seem to have max subscriptions.

Something about renting that much compute doesn't sit right with me so I stick with the $20 subs.

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