Open uncensored AI has demand, but distribution has been stuck for two years
Rumbleblak · reddit · 2026-09-12
A long Reddit post argues that despite real demand for open, uncensored AI, the ecosystem's distribution layer has stalled: no progress on decentralized model hosting, independent benchmarks, or cross-border dev groups beyond Chroma/Pony; the only fallback remains a poorly managed repository; and two years after the Visa/Mastercard censorship situation began, nobody has built alternatives. The author claims past investigations into 40 payment censorship cases were suppressed, and asserts (unverified) that Hugging Face was acquired by Nvidia and Civitai fully sold to closed AI companies now serving models via API. The takeaway: demand exists, yet the supply went underground.
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