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I pay $100/mo to Anthropic. Yesterday I coded one small feature via an API key by accident and it cost $6. At this rate, it will cost me $1000/mo to develop wit
by stavros 8mo ago
I pay $100/mo to Anthropic. Yesterday I coded one small feature via an API key by accident and it cost $6. At this rate, it will cost me $1000/mo to develop with Opus. I might as well code by hand, or switch to the $20 Codex plan, which will probably be more than enough.
I'd rather switch to OpenAI than give up my favorite harness.
- xienze 8mo agoYeah I had a similar experience one time. Which is why I laugh when people suggest Anthropic is profitable. Sure, maybe if everyone does API pricing. Which they won’t because it’s so damn expensive. Another way to think about it is API pricing is a glimpse into the future when everyone is dependent on these services and the subscription model price increases start.
- mattmanser 8mo agoI don't get why people talk about ChatGPT as some great saviour though, they're in the same boat but just have more money to burn.
- sailfast 8mo agoThis is the intention. They do not want folks that can’t pay to use their service.
- theshrike79 8mo agoSOTA models cost SOTA prices. Nothing new there
- iAMkenough 8mo agoOut of curiosity, what's your next monthly subscription in terms of price?
- stavros 8mo agoElectricity, $95/mo.
- iAMkenough 8mo agoNow you got me thinking my electric company should start offering subscription tiers in these uncertain energy times...
- stavros 8mo agoOurs never will, they're a cartel, sadly. If you mean fixed subscription, next one is Netflix, I think, or my server provider at $40 or so.
- nomel 8mo agoMy monthly "connection fee" is more than that (no solar, just EV). Your cartel needs to step it up! For me it's $0.8/kWh during peak, $0.47 off peak, and super off peak of $0.15. I accidentally left a little mini 500W heater on all day, while I was out, costing > 5% of your whole month!
- stavros 8mo agoWow, what the hell.
- AlexCoventry 8mo ago[flagged]
- _ache_ 8mo agoYes, you are doing it too with antropic an xAI. I don't get your point. xAI and OpenAI are a little worst? Maybe, still very well fascism.
- AlexCoventry 8mo agoIMO, OpenAI have either implicitly committed to becoming the IT service for Trump's secret police, or they've willingly signed up for the harsh retaliation Anthropic's getting, knowing that the Trump administration will inevitably try to push OpenAI around in the same way, if they meaningfully refuse to assist in domestic mass surveillance efforts.
- stavros 8mo agoAnthropic was fine doing the same, they just didn't want it done to Americans.
- AlexCoventry 8mo agoOpenAI agreeing to operate as Trump's secret police materially impacts your security as a European, though, because it cements Trump's power.
- stavros 8mo agoAgain, though, both of them agreed to that. Anthropic just didn't want to spy on Americans.
- AlexCoventry 8mo agoYou can argue a moral equivalence, I guess, but on a practical level, OpenAI's decision is more dangerous for everyone, because it will help to secure Trump as a dictator.