I believe that, given the rising costs, local inference will be the only viable option for many of us. I’d also like to know who will have to pay double and how long it will be financially sustainable for users to pay that amount (or even more?).

I mean the pricing is high but this is some kind of model where this pricing actually makes sense. Before that the pricing of, let's say, Opus 4.8 or 5 or 6 was very much similar to the Chinese models benchmark but very costly inference. This model is so better in benchmarks that the inference cost actually makes sense.