Have you even used deepseek pro/flash? Yes, it is astroturfed to the maxx. There is a reason for that. The performance/price ratio beats anything available today.

"Don't you understand? I'm on team deepseek! It doesn't matter what's written about it. Heck it doesn't even matter if it's all lies - it supports my team and here's why I love my team."

You misused the term 'astroturfed.' If the performance/price is that good than it'll be spreaded by word of mouth and no need to astroturfed to the death.

... and I believe which is happening. I've been advocating for DeepSeek V4 Pro and no one paid me. It's almost too good to be true.