Cost for Deepseek V4 is way lower than any US model for an equally capable model, WAY lower. Check it, my spend over the last year. No drop in users. Same service.
I just hope we, consumers, get more hardware innovation (better cheaper) so we can run more sophisticated models locally before this hits. Open weight models are amazing. When the world collaborates on building quality models without training in narrative, we can finally trust AI, no limits.
Use BTC/lightning in trade. The source of their power is creating money from nothing, via control of central banks. They lose their power when we trade goods and services in a way they can't control and don't benefit from.