Apple Bets Cheaper On-Device AI Will Win Over Small Developers

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TechCrunch's June 8 analysis frames Apple's Core AI and on-device model strategy as an explicit pitch to small developers: free local inference versus the metered API costs of OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google. The angle matters as token-based billing pressures indie builders' margins. It positions Apple's privacy-and-cost story directly against frontier-lab pricing.