[jimkleiber]

I might be willing to pay more, maybe a lot more, for a higher subscription than claude max 20x, but the only thing higher is pay per token and i really dont like products that make me have to be that minutely aware of my usage, especially when it has unpredictability to it. I think there's a reason most telecoms went away from per minute or especially per MB charging. Even per GB, as they often now offer X GB, and im ok with that on phone but much less so on computer because of the unpredictability of a software update size.

Kinda like when restaurants make me pay for ketchup or a takeaway box, i get annoyed, just increase the compiled price.

[giwook]

For sure, I agree with that sentiment. It's interesting to consider the psychological component of that, like how "free shipping" is not really free, it's oftentimes just packaged into the price of the product but somehow it feels like we're getting a better deal.

I would not be surprised to see Anthropic, OpenAI etc head in the direction you mention as they mature and all of these datacenters currently undergoing construction come online in the next few years and drive down costs.

[adam_patarino]

Token anxiety is real mental overhead.

[jimkleiber]

That's the phrase i was looking for, thank you.