Pricing compute out of the average persons budget to prop up investment in data centers, stocks, ultimately control agency

If an RTX 5000 series price topped out at historical prices no one would need hosted AI

Then it came to be that models were on a path to run well enough loaded into RAM... uh oh

This is in line with ISPs long ago banning running personal services and the long held desire to sell dumb thin clients that must work with a central service

Web developers fell for confidence games of old elders hook line and sinker. Nothing but the insane ego and vanity of some tech oligarchs driving this. They cannot appear weak. Vain aura farming, projection of strength.