Broken model wrappers sell Seedance 2.5 at $0.02/sec, 10x below standard pricing
oyacaro · x · 2026-08-30
The author observes a chaotic market: hundreds of model wrappers run their own credits-per-dollar packages over the same underlying APIs, many on badly broken backends.
Some are so broken that they offer Seedance 2.5 at $0.02/second — 10x cheaper than standard pricing. The author quips it's a true gold rush, with shovels sold everywhere.
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