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Published by r/LocalLLaMA (T2 source). The original is at https://www.reddit.com/r/LocalLLaMA/comments/1ww2jsu/selfhosting_ai_does_not_save_money_and_i_do_it/.

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The summary and note below are generated by the signal pipeline — they are Beyond Desk’s reading, not quotations from the source.

The author acknowledges that self-hosting AI models is not cost-effective compared to API-based services, yet chooses to do so anyway, presumably for non-financial reasons such as control, privacy, or learning.

Pushes back on the default cost-savings narrative around local LLMs, asking readers to examine their own reasons for self-hosting beyond the balance sheet.

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