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1. revolvingthrow · 1790669152 · focus · HN ↗

   So after a very tepid response to Sol / Luna 6 - right when opus 5.5 is almost universally praised - OpenAI decided to cut in half their only subscription plan that was still decent value?

   Things sure change quickly. 2 months ago you had nigh infinite usage and Sol 5.6 was a significant step forward. Now they're behind in both models and usage, and Astra 6.1 is too dangerous to release or some such (or possibly got embarrassed by opus). What are they even going to show off on today's devday, is a clone of grokbot really that interesting?

   1. user43928 · 1790671900 · focus · HN ↗

      I slightly prefer Astra to Opus 5.5.

      It doesn't suffer the same verbosity issue and the writing is somewhat clearer.

      The vision capabilities of Astra are a bit better I believe.

      That said, Opus is 3x cheaper and the obvious winner when usage is considered.

      1. tarruda · 1790676722 · focus · HN ↗

         I've always preferred GPT over Claude, but TBH the releases after GPT 5.6 Sol plus the surprise of cutting my usage in half is making me want to jump to anthropic and give Opus 5.5 a shot.

         1. sscaryterry · 1790679714 · focus · HN ↗

            The claudish is better. I no longer want to rip my own eyes out.
      2. joshstrange · 1790683494 · focus · HN ↗

         I prefer being able to get through a day without running out of usage.

         I tried both sol and astra and they both decimated the $100/mo plan’s weekly limits in a single day running only 1 agent. Blew my mind. I’d always heard your subscription went further on OpenAI/Codex.

         Comparatively I can run multiple opus agents in parallel almost continuously and stay under my limits.

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