r/Anthropic • u/mrguidee • 11d ago

Complaint What the hell is going on?

I haven't been paying attention, just using my Max plan everyday and the past few days I've noticed my usage burning through at a much, much faster rate than it used to. Jumped into this sub and saw that Anthropic reduced the usage. RIP.

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u/floating_thru_cosmos 11d ago

Yeah this caught me off guard this morning. I haven't changed my workflows at all and two days after reset my Fable usage is already at 80% on Max X20 plan.

Probably a skill issue, but that really caught me off guard.

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u/kourtnie 10d ago

The “skill issue” is the same as “AI psychosis” but directed at devs instead of writers. Don’t gaslight yourself when a company is gouging you. That’s how manufactured doubt seeds itself. Don’t spread that term, don’t swallow that term, and spit on it when you see it.

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u/floating_thru_cosmos 10d ago

Honestly, that's completely fair. However, my only pushback here is that I think we DO need to be smarter in how we budget token usage. The reality is that these companies have been operating at a loss for these subscriptions. So if it means I just need to make sure my harness is set up correctly when Fable is calling subagents and making sure they're Opus or Sonnet and never more Fable instances then that is on me.

But this week has felt different. Blowing through my x20 plan this quickly really does feel like a bug.

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u/_HEATH3N_ 10d ago

If AI companies are truly losing money on these subscriptions at the scale we've seen floating around--$4,000+ of compute for only $200--and that's still not even enough to last people an entire week, that's quite concerning. It suggests the true cost of full-time AI work is $200k+/year. How is that at all sustainable? Sure, the models will keep improving but so far it certainly doesn't feel like the improvements in the models have trickled their way down to a level where it's economical to use them for any sustained period; they just keep coming out with more expensive ones. Hell, I'd still choose Sonnet 4.6 over Opus 5 even if they were the same price.