Krea, FLUX and Others Promise Open Weights, But How Meaningful Are They?
felixsanz · reddit · 2026-08-13
Recently, several models including Krea 2, Ideogram 4, FLUX 3 Video, MiniMax H3, and LTX-2.5 have been released, all promising to be downloadable. However, the author points out that what you actually get varies enormously: some keep the strongest checkpoint or pipeline behind an API, while others restrict commercial use or exclude certain regions.
The author argues that open models don't need to outperform proprietary ones to matter. Once a capable model is downloadable, the community can run, optimize, and adapt it, fundamentally changing the market. The key question raised is: how much can a company keep behind its API before an open-weight release stops feeling meaningful?
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