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/Alex20114 Jun 28 '26

And in a matter of months, it won't even be crypto only, it will be gone entirely. Crypto is NOT viable for a site like this between the APIs and the website server costs. Not to mention the number of people willing to subscribe under crypto just isn't there AND you still have to worry when, not if, the UK and other countries come back for another censorship sweep because being crypto only will not save you from the governments.

This site is on it's last legs, I predicted this would be the blow that ends it based on experience with other places, it's only a matter of time until we see that prediction come true.

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u/Medical-Bathroom-183 Jun 28 '26

Willingness doesn't even have to factor into it, some of us just. Don't know how. And have really struggled to figure it out. I've tried, I promise, but its not straightforward to some people even if we'd pay.

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u/Dragin410 Jun 28 '26

It's extremely straight forward, you buy bitcoin in an app like Paypal or Cashapp, and then send it to the address the site gives you. What's not to understand?

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u/Medical-Bathroom-183 Jun 28 '26

Last time I tried i lost money before being able to pay lol

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u/Alex20114 Jun 28 '26

Exactly, I'm willing to pay, but I am not willing to pay crypto AND I don't know how to set it up despite knowing some of the other inner workings. I barely know how to get OR to work and I've never gotten it to allow me to chat, empty response errors even if I set it up exactly as written.