Apr 18, 2026, 4:00 PMEMPOWERMENT ISN'T BILLED MONTHLY GEEZ
- Apr 18, 2026, 4:00 PM
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Die Welt istdieweltist@bunt.socialApr 18, 2026, 4:02 PM@hp there are locally hosted llms though
- Apr 18, 2026, 4:04 PM
@dieweltist yeah yeah, I'm sure that's exactly what people talk about.
For all practical purposes using an LLM to "write code" is just renting a program. It's just SaaS.
- Die Welt istdieweltist@bunt.socialApr 18, 2026, 4:16 PM
@hp But then the obvious solution would be creating a coding LLM which can run locally which is good enough? Which is obviously not the solution to the problem. I feel like your post isn't addressing the issues with LLMs.
- Apr 18, 2026, 4:19 PM
@dieweltist if it were possible to train an LLM entirely locally or in such a way that the contents of the LLM are entirely inspectable and editable. And it was practically possible to run on a machine that people could reasonably have at home then I'll consider it not a problem from a free software ethics point of view.
If the only PRACTICAL way for people to access the capability is by renting access to proprietary software on someone else's computer then it is not empowerment
Apr 18, 2026, 4:07 PM@dieweltist @hp the LLM doesn't magically become less harmful because you run it locally or train it on ideologically compatible material.
- Apr 18, 2026, 4:11 PM
@atax1a @dieweltist I'm only addressing the point that free software people, like myself, are being hypocritical about LLMs.
Telling everyone who wants to write software to a) pay monthly to access proprietary software
b) download and install non-free software locally to work with the SaaS softwareIs pretty much exactly the opposite of what we ever wanted computing to be.
- Apr 18, 2026, 4:13 PM
@hp @dieweltist we were addressing the other guy in your mentions. personally we think LLMs in any manifestation are a fascist tool and so "butubutubut local models" is like "local nazi party"