15 comments

  • phyzome 14 minutes ago
    "During this period, the company also reset users’ weekly usage early on several occasions to celebrate milestones"

    Such a casino vibe.

    • F7F7F7 6 minutes ago
      Both OpenAI and Anthropic use a lot of casino/slot machine mechanics in their TUIs and Apps so likely intentional.
    • tom1337 4 minutes ago
      also it sounds like users benefit but they mostly don't. resets mostly benefitted OpenAI and only gave users few additionals hours.
  • flimflamm 26 minutes ago
    So we must move to 5 hour working days. Thanks OpenAI!
  • fau 50 minutes ago
    > This is necessary as (a) the 5h limit allows us to smoothen the load on our compute, allowing to keep the plan generous in terms of weekly usage

    Seems fair, but then maybe the 5h usage should also drain slower during off-peak hours? Perhaps it already does.

    > and (b) users on the Plus plan are relatively casual and new users, but then also just accidentally eat through their whole weeks usage and then are confused, making it not a great experience.

    Wouldn't this one be fixed by making the 5h limit a guardrail you can opt out of? If so, then this doesn't work as justification for a mandatory limit.

    • bootlooped 38 minutes ago
      Also, I want to be able to eat through my whole week's usage at once. What if I was busy all week and want to work on my personal project(s) Saturday or Sunday.
    • cactusplant7374 37 minutes ago
      There are no off-peak hours. I have received the model overloaded error that cancels my current goal during the early hours of the morning.
      • out_of_protocol 17 minutes ago
        > early hours of the morning

        which TZ?

        > There are no off-peak hours.

        Probably US west coast hours, but there's no public stats

  • LaurensBER 43 minutes ago
    Given that it's not possible to buy the USD 100,- or USD 200,- subscription on a team/corporate plan this effectively introduces the 5h limits again for all corporate users.

    At this point the 40 USD/120 USD Cursor Team subscription suddenly becomes a lot more attractive. You'll get more generous limits and a single monthly limit.

    • rob 30 minutes ago
      > Given that it's not possible to buy the USD 100,- or USD 200,- subscription on a team/corporate plan

      https://openai.com/index/premium-seats-chatgpt-business/

    • evandena 28 minutes ago
    • trollbridge 40 minutes ago
      Based on the ads flooding me on LinkedIn, Facebook, and anywhere else I see ads, Cursor is really going after this market right now.
      • stavros 33 minutes ago
        I'm curious about why you see ads, I didn't think anyone on HN does, nowadays. Given how easy it is to install uBlock, is it a conscious decision to browse adfully?
        • rob 28 minutes ago
          Why not? I owe my life to ads. Thank you Google AdSense and Yahoo! Ads for the hundreds of thousands of dollars you paid for 16 year old Rob to slap them on his MySpace layout website in 2006 so Timmy could put a glitter graphic of Stone Cold Steve Austin on his banner.
        • walthamstow 28 minutes ago
          I don't think that many people here voluntarily go on Facebook either
          • dgellow 25 minutes ago
            I’m still shocked to hear that people go on LinkedIn
            • phyzome 12 minutes ago
              LinkedIn has a couple of useful features: Getting in touch with former coworkers; seeing who might know the hiring manager for a position you're applying for; uh... that's about it.

              The rest is garbage but I guess is how they make their money.

            • emkoko 4 minutes ago
              yeah do yall go on linkedin for anything legitimate??
  • OsrsNeedsf2P 1 hour ago
  • dgellow 22 minutes ago
    I’m not a user myself but find it not great for your customers to announce such a change for the next day. Cannot they announce a few days in advance?
  • danielpassy 46 minutes ago
    This is such a bummer for those of us living in third world countries. I’m not a casual user, I just can’t afford to pay more.
    • estebarb 1 minute ago
      Personally I have been using Deepseek V4 flash and it is enough for my needs. You can use OpenCode Zen/Go and also get access to many other models, including OpenAI ones. Writing purpose specific agents can make cheaper models close the intelligence gap with the most expensive ones
    • dgellow 24 minutes ago
      Aren’t you better using other services than OpenAI if the price matters to you?
      • danielpassy 15 minutes ago
        I’ve tried Claude Code and recently switched to Codex. I’ve found that $20 on Codex gets me 4–5 times more usage than on Claude Code.

        I could burn through my Opus usage in 1 hour whereas with Sol, I can go 3–4 days.

        • F7F7F7 4 minutes ago
          Oolama? That plan is more than generous for $20.
      • usef- 17 minutes ago
        You might be thinking of API pricing? The subscriptions give you a lot.
        • dgellow 4 minutes ago
          Oh right, thanks for catching that
  • LetMeLogin 18 minutes ago
    I really don't mind blowing my weekly usage in one day, but getting my tasks stopped and waiting for 5h cap to finish - is just annoying.
  • BrucecarlL 16 minutes ago
    Please don’t! Don’t limit my daily usage
  • sowrabh 28 minutes ago
    I can understand Plus to some extent but why would Work users be considered casual or new?
  • tarr11 38 minutes ago
    No point in using /fast mode if you are gonna get stopped after 5 hours.
  • honestlyranked 32 minutes ago
    I say its good because you can atleast have a break in between sessions
    • somenameforme 14 minutes ago
      Haha. I've been pretty happy using similar limits on Claude precisely for this. It provides a really nice work:life balance without that nagging feeling that I should really get a few more hours in.
  • q8zd3 6 minutes ago
    Imagine paying for this shit..
  • hno8a34nwn 25 minutes ago
    Honestly didn't expect that
  • jobuildsstuff 3 minutes ago
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