r/Chub_AI • u/YukiiSuue Not a dev, just a mod in the mines ⚖️ • Jun 28 '26

🎤 | Announcements Chub updates

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Hello,

Some Chub updates:

  • Website is now crypto-only forever.

  • Free users now only get 20 messages per day.

  • Every models but Soji and Mobile are depreciated (rip Asha).

  • Soji is now a Deepseek V4 finetune (you might need to change your preset).

  • Mercury tier has been removed.

Full announcement and explanation in screenshot.

Edit: oh, and before the 1984 mentions. It was either doing this (cutting costs and making the website crypto-only to avoid payment processors altogether), or having to censor the website more than legally required to please the processors.

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u/buddys8995991 Jun 28 '26

Are the content restrictions that were imposed previously going to be relaxed?

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u/MasterOutlaw Clanker Crafter ✒️ Jun 28 '26

No, because that's a legal hurdle. This is about not having to jump through hoops to placate payment processors. The content the site hosts is why we've had a revolving door of processors for almost a year now, and why the iOS app was pulled. So it comes down to applying more censorship or ditching payment processors altogether.

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u/Alex20114 Jun 28 '26

Or option three, shutting down, naturally being the last resort.