Anthropic, I’ve been a huge fan. You were the “good guys,” the “quality-first” team. But what’s happening right now is a masterclass in the horrors of late-stage capitalism. The math simply doesn’t add up for the users anymore: Normal hours: Quota burns 2x faster. Peak hours: Quota burns 4x faster. For someone like me on a $100/mo plan , the quota was gone in 20 minutes . The “SaaS Bait & Switch” It feels like you just pulled the oldest trick in the book. You announce “2x off-peak usage” for two weeks and it sounds generous. But here is the reality: You quietly drop the baseline limits. You introduce a temporary “2x promo” to make the new, lower limit feel “normal.” The promo ends, and we are left with a baseline significantly lower than where we started. The “2x” absorbed the transition, so most people won’t even notice the downgrade until it’s too late. The GMT+4 Nightmare Your “peak hours”—the times when the quota burns the fastest—align perfectly with the entire working day in my region (GMT+4). I am paying a premium price for a service that punishes me for using it during my business hours. The Subsidy is Ending I get it. Heavy compute is expensive. These AI plans have been subsidized for a long time. But “correcting the subsidy” by making the tool unusable for power users is not the way. I’m seeing people leave every day. I’m on a high-tier plan and even I am reaching my breaking point. You are trading long-term user trust for short-term compute savings. Is this the direction you want to take? Because right now, the “Pro” experience feels like a “Trial” experience. submitted by /u/andrewaltair
Originally posted by u/andrewaltair on r/ClaudeCode