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Because everyone burns through their limits much faster, forcing them to upgrade to higher limits or new tiers.

• simianwords 6mo ago
  They could just increase the token cost no? There’s little need for cute conspiracies like these
  • sumeno 6mo ago
    They would have to tell people if they did that.
  • svnt 6mo ago
    There are no conspiracies where a corporation has profit incentive. There is perhaps a question of planning and initial intentionality, but the metrics and motivation to continue are clear enough.
• Jtarii 6mo ago
  I think someone would much sooner switch to a competitor than up their tier.
  • dandaka 6mo ago
    If model provider believes they have a better model, it can be a viable bet. But many (me included) started experimenting with other providers because of enshittification from Anthropic (price + uptime). Only to find, that Codex is not that worse in quality for a significantly more output per $.