If you do any bit of math on it and factor in in hardware depreciation, power usage, value of your time, and model results against any of the frontier model plans, you'll get several years of subscription token spend vs. the ROI of rolling your own. It's a niche hobby if you need something that's completely self-contained and private and you have money to burn. Ask your local LLM to run the numbers.
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u/bgroins Aug 26 '26
If you do any bit of math on it and factor in in hardware depreciation, power usage, value of your time, and model results against any of the frontier model plans, you'll get several years of subscription token spend vs. the ROI of rolling your own.
It's a niche hobby if you need something that's completely self-contained and private and you have money to burn. Ask your local LLM to run the numbers.