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1. badatnames · 1790100636 · focus · HN ↗

   It's asking a lot to trust they can or will maintain this new pricing. In any case it's exciting to think this might lead to further price cuts in the highly competent and competitive Chinese clones. I'm still using ChatGPT for interactive queries, but at this point pretty much only because of its familiar UI

   1. chaos_emergent · 1790100981 · focus · HN ↗

      Curious why you think it's unsustainable?

      1. cmrdporcupine · 1790101272 · focus · HN ↗

         Well, they do rug pull constantly. This week and last leading up to this the cost to use Codex was overwhelmingly perceived as terrible. People running out of usage all over the place. Reddit full of people crying. I noticed it myself.

         Then they do a new model launch, issue quota resets all around, and it's a party for 2-3 weeks before things return to normal.

         1. FergusArgyll · 1790101587 · focus · HN ↗

            Oh, I'm happy I'm not the only one. Astra was feasting on tokens!

            1. cmrdporcupine · 1790101757 · focus · HN ↗

               It wasn't just Astra. Sol 5.6 was a hog, too. They futzed with the formula and it pissed people off royal.

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