Usage caps are forcing model downgrades, and users can feel the floor drop
dioscuri · x · 2026-07-22
The author says model-specific usage limits have become noticeable in daily work: once limits kick in, they are forced onto weaker models, and the drop in quality is easy to feel.
Their point is that even when users cannot always see the cap directly, they can still sense the “floor” getting worse as access is throttled to lower-tier models.
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