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[โ€“] ironblossom@feddit.org 1 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (1 children)

Lumo is standalone, freemium, no account or existing subscription required. Itโ€™s funded by premium users, not by your plan, nor is it part of it. Proton hasnโ€™t increased the cost of their base services since 2023 and did so only once since their launch, Lumo launched mid-2025. Lumoโ€™s open-source, no-logs and anonymous no account required free service is privacy-first AI done rightโ€ฆ Always good to check your facts before applying your biasโ€ฆ

[โ€“] ideonek@piefed.social 4 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (1 children)

How was working on it founded before the first paying Lumo user?

(Edit: Also, behold the first profitable AI project in existence apparently)

[โ€“] ironblossom@feddit.org 2 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (1 children)

Itโ€™s clearly not by increasing the price or your subscription. Why does it even concern you how itโ€™s funded? They can reinvest their profits however they please. Next youโ€™ll complain about their USD5M privacy charity contributions that didnโ€™t go to the development of your package. YOU hate anything that carries the AI tag. Bias

[โ€“] ideonek@piefed.social 1 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

I told you befor, I care becouse every spending carry oportunity cost. And yes LLMs today are a massive costs and shoveling them were they are not needed is simply a waste. Burning money level of waste. Feel free to label me with anything that allows you to dismissed my points - you do you - but I feel like I should be allowed to hate waste.

Idea that this is free is naive. Idea that it is founded by paying premium users is a lie. People asked for other things that are being ignored. Did anyone asked for that? Some non-ai haters opened ticket about it? Still feel like its an valid question.