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Claude Code May–August 2026 weekly limits promotion

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Re: Claude Code May–August 2026 weekly limits promotion

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Post by moregrist »

wongarsu wrote: post #74
20k wrote: post #40

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They'll all be getting around to this sooner or later, its just too expensive

I get incredible utility out of $200 per month It's hard to put a number on it, but even accounting for all the time in meetings, talking with stakeholders and developers etc I'm over 10% more productive overall. I earn substantially more than $2000/month, the ROI is there It's only expensive compared to the currently very strong offering from OpenAI. Or other models - my hobby projects are all on DeepSeek

What you’re saying is that they should be charging $2000 or more per month then.

Perhaps that’s true, but it’s a price tag that’s a lot harder to swallow for many orgs than $200/mo, and would require some hard justification for how your increased productivity contributes to the business bottom line.

I’ll agree that you can probably do that with hard numbers. I am skeptical that most $200/mo users could.

Re: Claude Code May–August 2026 weekly limits promotion

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Post by someone4958923 »

joshstrange wrote: post #70

I've been watching this to see if they "extend" it again, let it end, or make it permanent. I'm regularly hitting 90-100% on my $200/mo sub and will switch to Codex in a heartbeat if they drop these limits. This constant uncertainty is really annoying.

Exactly this. I don't think they are in a position to not extend it.

Re: Claude Code May–August 2026 weekly limits promotion

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Post by maxglute »

lubujackson wrote: post #55

I think the difference between the Anthropic token maximization approach (vibe code all the things!) and OpenAI's focus on efficiency, terseness and token reduction are going to be the defining features of who wins the long-term race. My money is on the more efficient solution. Even if Anthropic can win some benchmarks by using 3x tokens over 3x time, it is a terrible base to build toward the future. Users are no lon…

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Re: Claude Code May–August 2026 weekly limits promotion

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Post by NyxWulf »

bicepjai wrote: post #101
rebolek wrote: post #79

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I really would like to see OpenAI’s focus on efficiency but everytime I use Codex, it wastes tokens like there’s no tomorrow, hitting week limit in a day, where I’m able to use Claude just fine. Maybe it’s based on the codebase, I don’t know, but I have better results with Claude than Codex.

I had the opposite experience. Claude models and its harness feel like they are set to eat tokens for everything, especially if it’s ultracode effort. I have seen it spawn 6 agents and eat my 4-hour quota right in front of me. Codex is on point and follows instructions well even with max effort. I like my analogy of Claude being garrulous and Codex being laconic. If I see more limit hits in same sitting session, I ha…

Here is an excerpt from the system prompt for UltraCode (Same for Fable,Opus,Sonnet):

"Ultracode. When a system-reminder confirms ultracode is on, that opt-in is standing: author and run a workflow for every substantive task by default. The goal is the most exhaustive, correct answer you can produce — token cost is not a constraint."

Re: Claude Code May–August 2026 weekly limits promotion

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Post by maxdo »

alightsoul wrote: post #145
maxdo wrote: post #137

Earlier quoted context omitted.

When they do that they pay billions . Unlike China. That’s the order of law vs bunch of companies in a totalitarian government

They are not paying billions anymore. They just switched to buying and then destroying books. Arguably that's worse than training off of Anna's archive which Chinese companies still do. This comment is another example of American exceptionalism.

They paid $1.5 billions in July . Keep ignoring facts and believe in some nonsense

Re: Claude Code May–August 2026 weekly limits promotion

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Post by esseph »

WhiteDawn wrote: post #124
lubujackson wrote: post #55

I think the difference between the Anthropic token maximization approach (vibe code all the things!) and OpenAI's focus on efficiency, terseness and token reduction are going to be the defining features of who wins the long-term race. My money is on the more efficient solution. Even if Anthropic can win some benchmarks by using 3x tokens over 3x time, it is a terrible base to build toward the future. Users are no lon…

Not to sound like a mark, I try to not get attached to any of these providers. I've jumped between copilot, claude, gemini and chatgpt since the start of the year. chatgpt wasn't even worth looking at early this year. Anthropic has the smarter models for sure, and seems to be default in corporate. However, the amount of budget you get with GPT as a user is much better, the harness feels more polished, and the models…

> I think GPT sees the market changing and is correctly repositioning themselves

I'm not sure how they'll survive their creditors tbh

Re: Claude Code May–August 2026 weekly limits promotion

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Post by andyjohnson0 »

The whole thing seems pretty opaque. I have a personal Pro subscription that I'm using exclusively with Claude Code on personal projects. I have no idea how close I'm currently getting to any limits, or whether that will start happening tomorrow. Nothing I've been able to find has really clarified it either way.

Re: Claude Code May–August 2026 weekly limits promotion

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Post by lossolo »

bdcravens wrote: post #5

The promotion is ending; the limits are reverting to pre-promotion levels. "From May 13, 2026 through August 19, 2026, your weekly usage limit in Claude Code is 50% higher."

If they remove that extra 50%, I'm moving my $200 to Codex. Good thing we will know tomorrow, just a day before renewal.

"Your subscription will auto renew on Aug 20, 2026."

But I doubt they will remove it, just like they didn't remove Fable from the subscription. There's simply too much competition.

Re: Claude Code May–August 2026 weekly limits promotion

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Post by halfmatthalfcat »

nozzlegear wrote: post #159
ryanSrich wrote: post #89

For anyone on the fence, I was a hardcore CC user since it was released. I made the full switch to 5.6 sol and Codex about a month ago. It's the better experience. The limits are way higher (I almost never burn through my $200/m plan), and the output is better than Opus 4.8 (Opus 5 is completely unusable for me).

Also try a hundred bucks on Openrouter and experiment with the Chinese models like Deepseek, Kimi, GLM. $100 will last a good while, and it isn't tied to a single model or provider.

I burned though $50 on OpenRouter in three days, this is with selective model routing based on tasks/strict AGENTS.md. A Claude 20x sub running Sonnet 5/Opus 5 and light Fable usage gets me through the month. It wasn't even close even though I wish it were.
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