> I realised the equivalent cost will serve me for years of ≈ $30 per month API/sub access

The advantage is no more 5-hours or weekly session limit anymore. Also no chance your proprietary code ends up in someone repo.

amunozo 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I still think only privacy is relevant to run on your own infra, never cost.

	▲	vizzah 6 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		near.ai tries to solve this

crossroadsguy 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

That is literally my next sentence :D

david-gpu 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

> The advantage is no more 5-hours or weekly session limit anymore

That is not a concern with pay-as-you-go models like DeepSeek. It is stupid inexpensive.