Comment by alexandre_m

Limits are beneficial. They should be treated as a design feature, not just a stopgap.

When something is abundant, people tend to waste it.

I’m perfectly happy with my base subscriptions. I have Claude Code and Codex monthly subs, plus a yearly Google AI Pro account because it was a logical upgrade from the cloud storage plan I already had. I think it worked out to something like an extra $10/month for the AI features.

I constantly rotate between them during the week, managing tokens carefully, cleaning sessions and contexts as soon as possible, and being intentional about usage.

I honestly don’t understand the appeal of these ultra-expensive max subscriptions.

It reminds me of that flying orb toy I bought for the kids a few years ago. The battery only lasted about 10 minutes, and the kids would go ape shit crazy while it worked. Then it needed a 30-minute recharge, which created a natural cooldown period.

I actually considered that a good feature. I would never want the thing running nonstop.