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Claude Code weekly rate limits
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Re: Claude Code weekly rate limits
#42I'm not sure how this will play out long term, but I really am not a fan of having to feel like I'm using a limited resource whenever I use an LLM. People like unlimited plans, we are used to them for internet, text messaging, etc. The current pricing models just feel bad.
I guess you need to get used to it. LLM token usage directly translates to energy consumption. There are also no flat fee electricity plans, it doesn't make any sense.
that's true of everything on the internet.
Re: Claude Code weekly rate limits
#43I'm not sure how this will play out long term, but I really am not a fan of having to feel like I'm using a limited resource whenever I use an LLM. People like unlimited plans, we are used to them for internet, text messaging, etc. The current pricing models just feel bad.
I get it, and feel the same way but the current LLMs are very resource intensive. To the point that I'm reluctant to go all in on these tools if in future we get rug-pulled once companies admit "okay, this was not sustainable at that price.."
Re: Claude Code weekly rate limits
#44Earlier quoted context omitted.
The API exists. You can generate a token and use Claude Code with it directly, no plan needed.
then why sell fake -unlimited- plans to hook people up It lasted less than a week -unlimited- been a shit show cutting down since then
If 95% of users are under the limit then it isn't a "fake" plan.
Re: Claude Code weekly rate limits
#45I'm not sure how this will play out long term, but I really am not a fan of having to feel like I'm using a limited resource whenever I use an LLM. People like unlimited plans, we are used to them for internet, text messaging, etc. The current pricing models just feel bad.
Think of an insane number of requests. Now 20x it, that's what the top 1% of Claude users are at. Just fleecing the service dry. hard problem, what else could Claude do tbh
Re: Claude Code weekly rate limits
#46Earlier quoted context omitted.
then why sell fake -unlimited- plans to hook people up It lasted less than a week -unlimited- been a shit show cutting down since then
If 95% of users are under the limit then it isn't a "fake" plan.
fake for 5% of users.
will they refund me my sub?
when I subbed It was unlimited, they've rugged the terms twice already since then in less than a month
Re: Claude Code weekly rate limits
#47This is like when the all-you-can-eat buffet tells you you're only allowed to go the buffet line once.
No, it's not. It's the all you can eat buffet saying that 95% can eat all they want, but the 5% that keep sneaking food in their backpack to eat when they get can't do that anymore.
There's no lobster rolls stuffed into a backpack here. It's using the service as it was pitched, an all-you-can-eat buffer of API calls. Anything that limits what that means is scaling back access to that buffet.
If the new limits are anything less than 24 * 7 / 5 times the previous limits then power users are getting shafted (which understandably is the point of this).
What's worse with this model is that a runaway process could chew through your weekly API allotment on a wild goose chase. Whereas before the 5-hour quantization was both a limiter and guard rails.
Re: Claude Code weekly rate limits
#48Guess they ran into the usage limits themselves when they worked on the messaging in Claude Code: "Claude usage limit reached. Your limit will reset at 8pm (UTC)" Why not use the user's timezone?
Are you crazy, considering time zones would have burned through their allotted tokens for the week.
Re: Claude Code weekly rate limits
#49200 bucks a month isn't enough. Fine. Make a plan that is enough so that I will be left alone about time limits and enforced breaks. NOTHING breaks flow better than "Woops! Times up!"; it's worse than credit quotas -- at least then I can make a conscious decision to spend more money or not towards the project. This whole 'twiddle your thumbs for 5 hours while the gpus cool off' concept isn't productive for me. '35 ho…
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