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DeepSeek planning to significantly raise prices
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DeepSeek is a platform that requires users to sign up or log in to access its features. By doing so, users consent to DeepSeek's Terms of Service and Privacy Policy.
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- Praise: DeepSeek Flash 0731 is still a brilliant implementer, and many users have managed to build a lot for almost nothing — a testament to its capabilities.
- Praise: MiniMax M3 is being touted as equally good, if not better, than DeepSeek v4 for coding tasks, showing that competition is strong and options are plentiful.
- Praise: There’s excitement around alternatives like Xiaomi's MiMo-V2.5-Pro, which offers solid performance at a comparable price, making the landscape more competitive.
- Concern: The impending price hike feels like a betrayal to users who have enjoyed powerful models for next to nothing — is this model of cheap AI really sustainable?
- Concern: Concerns are brewing that DeepSeek's low cache read prices were merely a strategy to gather training material, which raises ethical questions about data retention.
- Concern: The API's recent slowdown hints at demand issues, leaving users worried that the service might not keep pace with its growing user base.