> I don't see how anyone justifies a claude subscription.

Certainly I see the benefits in terms of privacy and security. But if you're trying to justify local models on economic grounds, you also need to factor in electricity costs.

(Also, people will say that "less than a year ago" represents an enormous capability gap. But people were already ranting and raving about how capable the models are and how cooked the industry is, considerably longer than "less than a year ago"; so.)