I have been using CC with DeepSeek 4.1 Flash lately, and it's nice to see how the sausage is being made (even if it's partly illusory, as CoT always is.)
Then weeks later people find out that they have been duped and complain that the models have been quantized or employ worse inference.
Buy decent coffee instead of your $200 subscription and sidestep all the scams.
1: "Our model will bring about the end of all things. Flee, flee for your lives"
2: "Our model is basically AGI"
3: "Our model will be available in limited release next week"
4: "Everybody who subscribes at the $200 level gets access now"
5: "Everybody who subscribes at the $20 level gets access now"
6, at least at Google: "Our model will be shoved down your throat every time you do a search, whether you want it or not"
Information that vendors are watering down or otherwise being misleading in what they are delivering in their product is important to share even if you don't use that product yourself.
alexjplant•22m ago
I wonder what their official explanation for this behavior is.
QwenGlazer9000•11m ago
At least that's their explanation. Either way, it wasn't a good look for "vibecoding" but it got brushed over.