> Tools vs services in my mind. There is no guarantee any provider will continue to do what they are doing for you at the price they are doing it.

with open models, there is ecosystem/market of providers, where you can easily switch to provider you like

Until there's an executive order that blocks one model from being served.

such order can target any provider (including closed models) as we know.

Right, but not a model you have already downloaded onto your machine.

the same you can access oversea model providers.

With competition we kind of have guarantee up to what providers can do, they don't have that much control, the most radical thing they can do is to go bankrupt.

Have you already forgotten the Fable drama that happened just two months ago?

Self-hosting won't protect you from getting locked out of a closed weights model, because you can't self-host it even if you have the hardware.

Yes, I remember recurring extensions on plan inclusion then becoming permanent - that's my point.

Looks like you've geniunely forgotten then: https://www.anthropic.com/news/fable-mythos-access

And what’s your point exactly?

Maybe you can re-read the thread? Start here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49482518

Do You have guarante any electricity price?

Maybe not them specifically, but for many people with solar as an option, yes.