[ath3nd]

Oh, you beautiful summer child. They are losing money on you . Do you think they are doing that out of the goodness of your heart? They are luring you in, making you dependent on them at a net loss while the VC money are lasting.

When you are totally hooked and they are fully out of money, that's when you'd realize the long con you've been dragged into. At this very moment, that they are tightening the usage limits they are not telling you, and you still think the peanuts you are paying them now would be enough in the future? It's called https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enshittification and you better know that you are in it.

[blitzar]

I am buying from willing sellers at the current fair market price. The belief that there will be "one true king" in this race has been incepted by VCs and hype men, and is misguided at best and dangerous at worst.

Like many of the companies that have gone before them, if / when the value proposition is gone, and I get less than 10x the amount I spend, I will be gone.

[ath3nd]

It's just a rumor atm but Claude weekly limits seem to be coming:

https://www.reddit.com/r/ClaudeCode/comments/1ma3wm6/weekly_...

> Like many of the companies that have gone before them, if / when the value proposition is gone, and I get less than 10x the amount I spend, I will be gone.

Seems you'd soon be going. Well it was fun while it lasted (all 3 months of it).

[matltc]

Not a rumor anymore! Got this in my inbox (I'm a Pro subscriber):

Hi there,

Next month, we're introducing new weekly rate limits for Claude subscribers, affecting less than 5% of users based on current usage patterns.

Claude Code, especially as part of our subscription bundle, has seen unprecedented growth. At the same time, we’ve identified policy violations like account sharing and reselling access—and advanced usage patterns like running Claude 24/7 in the background—that are impacting system capacity for all. Our new rate limits address these issues and provide a more equitable experience for all users.

What’s changing:

Starting August 28, we're introducing weekly usage limits alongside our existing 5-hour limits:

Current: Usage limit that resets every 5 hours (no change) New: Overall weekly limit that resets every 7 days New: Claude Opus 4 weekly limit that resets every 7 days As we learn more about how developers use Claude Code, we may adjust usage limits to better serve our community.

What this means for you:

Most users won't notice any difference. The weekly limits are designed to support typical daily use across your projects. Most Pro users can expect 40-80 hours of Sonnet 4 within their weekly rate limits. This will vary based on factors such as codebase size and user settings like auto-accept mode. Users running multiple Claude Code instances in parallel will hit their limits sooner. You can manage or cancel your subscription anytime in Settings. We take these decisions seriously. We're committed to supporting long-running use cases through other options in the future, but until then, weekly limits will help us maintain reliable service for everyone.

We also recognize that during this same period, users have encountered several reliability and performance issues. We've been working to fix these as quickly as possible, and will continue addressing any remaining issues over the coming days and weeks.

–The Anthropic Team

[ath3nd]

I am so shocked, it's so unexpected, this comes out of the blue, nobody could have ever predicted this would happen. /s

[rkomorn]

I'm a little shocked it's happening "so soon", though.