Free model usage is controlled by the LLM provider, not OpenRouter. Both parties have their own incentives to allow it and that would not change with different owners.
> that would not change with different owners
Bookmarking this confidence because people speaking confidently bothers me; we'll see.
Free deepseek ended.
The free DeepSeek depended on full data sharing straight to China.
Unlike ChatGPT which depends on selling the full data straight to the US.