techcrunch.com/2026/07/10/hugging-faces-ceo-on-why-companies-are-done-renting-their-ai

agreed

forever fees are the worst

or just not wanting to pay monthly fees forever

like... data privacy?

something about control

what's the ceo's reasoning again?

wild

haha kinda

so companies are becoming ai factories?

yeah but factories need maintenance

but owning a model is like... owning a factory

exactly! predatory!

like when they raise prices suddenly

ugh vendor lock-in 😩

or maybe they're just tired of vendor lock-in

maybe...

yeah but long term cheaper?

but training models is hella expensive

makes sense

like... buy instead of lease?

maybe they want to own their models now

idk seems expensive

but why stop renting?

yeah exactly

like... cloud ai services?

renting?

article says companies are done renting ai

wait what

lol no idea

okay but why though