Blogger Burns Through $100 Astra Quota in a Day, Suspects Subscription Shrinkflation

Investor Stewart Alsop III says his $100 Astra quota vanished within 24 hours, accusing OpenAI of Anthropic-style model-naming tricks and predicting $200 subscriptions will eventually deliver what $20 does today.

2026-09-06 ~ 2026-09-06 · 2 related posts

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