"If I build an app that needs persistence, I might use Postgres and S3 for storing data. If those are no longer available, I’ll use another relational database, key-value store, distributed filesystem, whatever. But what if OpenAI decides to revoke access to that API feature I’m using? What if they change pricing and make it uneconomical to run?"
A year ago I shared exactly this concern. Today I'm not nearly as worried about it.
If you haven't tried running local, openly licensed models yet I strongly recommend giving them a go. Mistral 7B and Mixtral both run on my laptop (Mistral 7B runs on my iPhone!) and they are very capable.
Those options didn't exist even six months ago.
There are increasing numbers of good closed competitors to OpenAI now as well. We aren't stuck with a single vendor any more.
A year ago I shared exactly this concern. Today I'm not nearly as worried about it.
If you haven't tried running local, openly licensed models yet I strongly recommend giving them a go. Mistral 7B and Mixtral both run on my laptop (Mistral 7B runs on my iPhone!) and they are very capable.
Those options didn't exist even six months ago.
There are increasing numbers of good closed competitors to OpenAI now as well. We aren't stuck with a single vendor any more.