Yeah its an awkward position, as self-hosting is going to be insanely expensive unless you have a substantial userbase to amortize the costs over. At least for a model comparable to GPT-4o or deepseek.
But at least if you use an API in the same region as your customers, court order shenanigans won't get you caught between different jurisdictions.
But at least if you use an API in the same region as your customers, court order shenanigans won't get you caught between different jurisdictions.