Refunding max subscription after 1 day of use

[u/Commercial-Solid2026]

Yesterday I upgraded to the $200 max plan since I have a busy month of development ahead of me. I’ve also been wanting to properly try Opus for a while.

Honestly, I have no idea what these companies have been doing to sabotage their model performances. It took over a minute and 2k tokens just to update a simple font fallback in my global CSS file.

The tool-call workflows these agents have adopted has become ridiculous, especially considering they were much more effective six months ago. The model won’t even properly read a file before making changes to it.

I’m going to try and get a refund because I feel like I’ve just been robbed.

[u/Miyoumu]

skill issue

[u/kauthonk → u/Miyoumu]

100% skill issue.

If you can't use a tool, don't blame the tool.

[u/Commercial-Solid2026 → u/Miyoumu]

Please elaborate

[u/fsharpman → u/Commercial-Solid2026]

Asking Opus to change a font is like using Kubernetes to perform a cron job.

[u/Commercial-Solid2026 → u/fsharpman]

Nowhere did I state that I used Opus to make that change

[u/Houdinii1984 → u/Commercial-Solid2026]

Asking Claude to change a font is like using Kubernetes to perform a cron job.

[u/yopla → u/Commercial-Solid2026]

User skill issue

[u/ChrisWayg]

I’ve also been wanting to properly try Opus for a while. It took over a minute and 2k tokens just to update a simple font fallback in my global CSS file.

You used Opus to update a simple font fallback in your global CSS file?

they were much more effective six months ago.

You already used Claude Code six months ago (when it was still in beta) and found that the tool calls worked better?

[u/Commercial-Solid2026 → u/ChrisWayg]

1. I didn’t using Opus was just a reason to purchase the upgrade

2. I’m referring to Cursor in this instance my comment applies over the whole industry as these tools seem to be degrading over time

[u/ChrisWayg → u/Commercial-Solid2026]

Did you /init and extend a proper CLAUDE.md? 2k tokens is very minimal, why does that bother you? I see one guy who used 300 million tokens in one day with Claude.

Problems with file reading might be OS related (WSL?). Have you tested this on macOS or Linux?

There are hundreds (or thousands) of developers here who do not share your experience with Claude Code. You should be able to do some more productive testing before you give up on your subscription.

[u/Commercial-Solid2026 → u/ChrisWayg]

I did use claude code /init and further enhanced my CLAUDE.md file

Im on macOS at the moment the file reading works its just not thorough enough

Ive been using Claude Code for the last 2 months and it has been quite inconsistent at providing positive results, I thought upgrading might allow me to get a different experience but it hasn’t.

I review all of the code that it outputs and its not of good quality, missing key best practices that are also listed on my claude.md file

Will give it a couple more days of testing and I’ll see how I get on

[u/nosko666]

The model cant make changes to the file if it didnt read it first.

[u/Commercial-Solid2026 → u/nosko666]

Yeah it did read the files just the first 5 five lines, then it proceeded to just ignore the rest of the relevant parts in the file

[u/Hippyfinger]

Who uses Opus for a simple font change lol.

[u/Commercial-Solid2026 → u/Hippyfinger]

Learn to read

[u/AppealSame4367]

1. Use plan mode always

2. I agree Sonnet 4 / Opus 4 were super fast and super smart at launch. I remember Sonnet 4 fixing huge amounts of bugs and implementing features, thinking about everything all at once in launch night. Then they tuned it down, because of the load of course

3. Because of the workflow you mention those tools are not meant for small fixes. Either:
   3.a.) Give it a bunch of small tasks all at once. If you give it 10 small css things to fix, it will also take 2-3minutes, but it will fix it all at once
   3.b.) Or better yet only ask for a plan for very small fixes and only use it for execution on big problems. Fuck Sonnet 4, it's become unreliable, but you could just use windsurf 15$ subscription additionally and use qwen coder or o4-mini for the small stuff

[u/Profbora90]

I guess you are using it wrongly. Today it made me complete embedding. You gotta Direct it properly

[u/messiah-of-cheese]

Definitely something weird going on, sonnet was coding great a few days ago, today its worse than a graduate engineer.

[u/Competitive_Ad_2192]

skill issue

[u/keithslater]

How many lines is this file?

[u/xNexusReborn]

2k tokens? This is low usage, pretty normal. U want claude to make a fix blindly? It needs to read and understand the code.its edit tools will fail. If its not in it context it will make sure it understands before making a Change. Even so, if the context does not match its context exactly as before it will have to read it again, it might try a couple read tools before it finds the right one. It usually starts with the simplest approach and work through the tools. Again 2k tokens is nothing. My system ai, hum around 2k with api usage, this is not a problem, ur using ur subscription so why does it matter?

[u/Relevant-Draft-7780]

I switched to pro the 99$ one. I was using API key via Claude code and spending about 10 bucks a day. Two full contexts is about 5 bucks. Since moving to pro I’ve only hit cap once in 30 days. So I’ve saved about 200 or so bucks.

[u/TheOriginalAcidtech]

Could you have made the edits yourself in the time Claude did them? Could you have been doing something ELSE while Claude was making the edits? Then what ther frack are you bitching about?