Users Complain About Qwen 3.8 Open Weights: No Vision, Crippled vs API
entsnack · reddit · 2026-08-13
A Reddit user criticized the open-weight version of Qwen 3.8, claiming it is severely crippled compared to its API counterpart. The user pointed out the lack of vision capabilities, suspecting that the company intentionally handicapped the open-source model to prevent cannibalizing their API profits, turning the open release into a mere ad for the paid API.
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