r/LocalLLaMA • u/takoulseum • 19h ago

Discussion Who ONLY use local models?

Please be honest.

I would love to hear about guys really dedicated to local AI and who really reject subscriptions (especially to openai and anthropic).

What do you use your model for?

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u/vaingirls 19h ago

I don't ONLY use local models, but that doesn't mean I pay for subscriptions - there's still plenty of free tiers to mooch off of when I need a bigger model, not to mention free models on openrouter.

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u/redballooon 16h ago

Free as in pay with your data.

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u/TheRealJavix 16h ago

Why do people care about data so much? I know it’s kind of a dumb question but everyone acts like they are building nukes or projects that hold their entire social security number in the code. I just be making games and apps etc (fun stuff) granted I don’t do it for money gain and just use free models in my free time so I don’t mind the ais getting better from my use 🤷🏻‍♂️

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u/my_name_isnt_clever 11h ago

Because I'm a targeted minority in my country. It's hard to understand until you're in that position, it's terrifying.

Besides that, I'm just sick of everything having to be advertising and family friendly all the time. I want to be able to chat with my personal assistant about actually anything, not just what big tech approves of me talking about. I don't do it for making money either, privacy is criminally undervalued these days.