Devs Have Zero Model Loyalty: Ox Alpha Crushes DeepSeek V4 Flash Usage in 3 Days
FinanceYF5 · x · 2026-08-26
A usage chart (pink bar = DeepSeek V4 Flash, purple bar = Ox Alpha on OpenCode) shows Ox Alpha absolutely crushing DeepSeek V4 Flash's usage within just 3 days of release.
The takeaway: developers have zero model loyalty — any company, not just today's frontier AI labs, can put its head down, build the best model, release it, and win the market.
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