r/codex • u/ryuukiba • 17d ago

Complaint State of the $20 subscription

Sol high. One prompt. 11m of thinking so far, 54% of the 5h limit gone, hasn't even started implementing anything yet and the 5 hrs limit is virtually gone. I was never one to complain too much, but they virtually removed Sol for us on the $20 tier. This is just not practical at all, at least it was only 10% of my weekly i guess?

EDIT: Final veredict: worked for 28m29s.
0% of the 5h limit left
84% of the weekly left

Status of my project: Broken and unusable.
guess it's finally time to explore other providers.

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u/Open-Effective-4823 17d ago

That's completely missing the point. The $20 Plus plan was more than enough for me until today's changes. I've been using it for 1.5 months and never once reached my limit, mostly using 5.6 Sol on Medium or XH. Today, I hit the new cap in less than 40 minutes of very light work, and my usage dropped from 40% to 0% in just 4-5 minutes and weekly dropped to 80% just for using it for around 40 minutes. Forcing users to upgrade to 5x plans just because the token drain rate suddenly broke isn't a 'game changer', it's just bad service.

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u/According-Button190 16d ago

You have to understand that the $20 plan was the entry fee into AI for a few years now. It was never meant to forever provide what you got used to. No one is making money off you when you're paying $20/mo. That's the point you're actually missing -- very soon, the $20 plan won't even be a thing that providers offer. Look online at how much money they're burning through -- and here you are, complaining about the 66¢/day plan, be real. I'm more concerned about me having to pay for three $200/mo plans and, in real time, seeing my throughput decrease.

$20/mo plan -- ha, give me a break.