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.

I'm the author and I am definitely not compensated for my website or opinion in anyway.