Dev: 80%+ of market can't afford frontier model tokens
thedealdirector · x · 2026-08-29
Developer @thdxr shared insights on data costs, noting that non-frontier models are much cheaper or free, allowing for insane token volume. He avoids claiming frontier model usage on data pages because, conceptually, over 80% of the market cannot afford frontier tokens.
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