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andrewstuart 22 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: DeepSeek Introduces Vision

Why do you think it’s free?

Any ideas, theories where they get their payoff?

hootz 22 days ago | [–]

But it's not free, unless you also call Claude free just because it has a free tier.

cromka 22 days ago | [–]

Yes, subscription options they sell on deepseek.com

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