I’ve been around the block long enough to know a corporate shield when I see one. People keep saying we can’t complain about usage limits because we’re getting “subsidized” compute compared to API prices but that’s just a myth. Claude Sonnet 4.6 is $3 per million tokens for input and $15 for output. That is already one of the most expensive APIs on the market so comparing it to that isn’t the flex people think it is. Anthropic isn’t losing money because my vibe coding session in Claude Code cost too much in electricity today. They are “unprofitable” because they took on billions in debt for this 50 trillion dollar AGI gamble. That’s a venture capital problem not a user problem. If you look at the actual marginal cost to answer a prompt it’s tiny. Even a $20 subscription is a high margin product for them once you stop factoring in their massive R&D debt service. Also lets talk about the recent bait and switch. They “doubled” off peak limits but then quietly added peak hour multipliers that burn our sessions faster during the day. It’s load shedding. Plain and simple. Investors love stable MRR more than anything because it inflates their valuation multiples way higher than spiky usage revenue. We are paying for the privilege of access and giving them the stable floor they need to keep borrowing. It’s not a subsidy it’s an all you can eat buffet that’s just putting out smaller plates because they can’t scale. Let’s call it what it is. submitted by /u/joeyda3rd
Originally posted by u/joeyda3rd on r/ClaudeCode
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