A lot of talk about how much cheaper it is than all other models.
It remains to be seen what the pricing will be when run by non-Deepseek providers. They might be loss leading.
The comparison for cheap models should also be Gemini 2.0 Flash Exp. I could see it being even cheaper when it stops being free - if it does at all. There's definitely a scenario where Google just keeps it freeish for a long time with relatively high limits.
It remains to be seen what the pricing will be when run by non-Deepseek providers. They might be loss leading.
The comparison for cheap models should also be Gemini 2.0 Flash Exp. I could see it being even cheaper when it stops being free - if it does at all. There's definitely a scenario where Google just keeps it freeish for a long time with relatively high limits.