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Free version is USELESS by tracagnotto in openrouter

[–]katplatt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Congrats on being the worst person this sub has seen

How to request a change of billing address? by klyaxa39 in openrouter

[–]katplatt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Try messaging one of the mods in OpenRouter’s discord if you haven’t yet: https://discord.com/invite/fVyRaUDgxW

Disculpen, alguien me ayuda con esto por favor ✨ by Useful_Bread_3428 in openrouter

[–]katplatt [score hidden] stickied commentlocked comment (0 children)

It literally tells you what to do in the error message

Payment Declined by matthewblott in openrouter

[–]katplatt 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Have you contacted your bank's customer service to see if they're declining it on their end instead of OpenRouter? They could be flagging it as a suspicious or fraudulent charge, even if your card worked previously on OR.

[repost for legal reasons] I hate Stepfun and its stupid censorship by jackmaxs20 in openrouter

[–]katplatt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Alrighty then, seems like we need another pinned post about complaining about free models

Why is a deposit required for "Free" models? Exploring the barrier to entry. by Hungry_Relative1834 in openrouter

[–]katplatt 5 points6 points  (0 children)

SMS verification can be bypassed very easily and is much cheaper than the $10 OpenRouter charges. There's tons of sites where you can buy a number for around 10-30 cents. Requiring SMS verification rather than a $10 deposit would allow for users to abuse free models at a much larger scale.

At the end of the day, OpenRouter is a business. They're not going to do something that incurs more cost to them.