I don’t want to rent my computer. I want to own it.

I don’t have a problem paying for AI software if it’s really good. I’m don’t use open source software because I’m cheap. I don’t personally mind using censored models if they’re good. I would not really mind paying a subscription fee to use a really good video model, but I want it to run locally, or I’m not interested. I switched to local image generation mainly for privacy. Midjourney charges $60 a month for the privilege of “stealth mode”, treating basic data privacy as a luxury, which makes the cheaper tiers unusable for any professional work, that usually comes with NDAs.