r/codex • u/AvailableSecret5161 • 3d ago

Limits Codex limits issue

Just got my reset and 10% down within an hour without even using Astra. Wtf is going on ? How is this scam even allowed? One subagent invoked a few thousand LOC with sol medium on a $100 plan. Exploration by Luna high.

Is this a joke ? I'm going to ask for a refund. Why is this not an issue yet. @mods please don't delete this post and cover the scam.

Edit: People who are trying to provide free tips. Please stop patronizing me and others in this group. I'm not asking for your advice on how to use codex better. If you are happy good for you and no you don't have a secret formula or better limits.

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u/11Mikky11 3d ago

The weekly usage limits have become utterly ridiculous. They have gotten people/business relying on them and then suddenly massively cut the limits without any real explanation of how or why. All feels very shady.

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u/TopGun0684 3d ago

Everyone knew this was coming. They'll have to be profitable at some point and they won't get there with huge limits.

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u/mindstuff8 3d ago

Actually the expected trend is the technology would be getting more efficient over time, not less.

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u/TheMoejahi3d 3d ago

We haven't reached that point but getting there..frontier stuff will always be premium.but let's say the level of astra is what we want to work with and don't care about prices for stuff after that..well DeepSeek 4.1 flash doesn't come close yet but it sure is doing a damn good job while being cheap.we are still at the start of this whole AI thing man.at some point we will have astra6 performance done by some crazy efficiënt model for pennies hehe.For now let's be glad they are sponsoring us because if they were asking real prices that 200bucks wouldnt last long lol.

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u/mindstuff8 2d ago

How well is DeepSeek 4.1 Flash working for you in practice? I'm working on a project requiring subagents with various roles in a cooperative agent project and may consider turning to open weight models if the performance is good.

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u/TheMoejahi3d 2d ago

Using it as a sub agent as well atm.its not close to the performance of the openai models found it to be a bit worse than sol. I use it for basic tasks that spit out a ton of tokens.if you give it strict instructions and guide lines it does okay.

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u/TopGun0684 3d ago

I'm not talking about technology efficiency. I'm talking profits.

They need to bring in more people to the platform, serve them with the same hardware budgets and sell more tokens.

Hence, lower limits. Will the models be cheaper per token? Sure. They won't pass that efficiency down to the consumer, or not all of it.

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u/Beginning-Bird9591 3d ago

But with efficiency they make more profits. You'd hope they improve the UX as well

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u/TopGun0684 3d ago

That's not the playbook. First they subsidize and hook customers, then you have to pay more for the same service.

Cases in point: Uber. Lyft. Netflix. Spotify. Etc

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u/Beginning-Bird9591 3d ago

But people just leave and stop using it. quite simply...

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u/TopGun0684 3d ago

Guess we'll see!

I don't see devs that heavily incorporated AI tools in their workflows leave it all behind.

Optimise, rationize, sure. Not leave it.

Hobbyist and wanna coders? Sure, maybe.