User says Opus 4.8 is getting worse while Fabel 5 feels like its earlier, smarter self
imdigitalashish · x · 2026-07-24
The author claims Opus 4.8 seems to be getting dumber over time, and says Fabel 5 feels like Opus 4.8 when it was still smart.
Their complaint is not about features, but about degraded quality and worse economics:
- higher cost,
- lower usage limits,
- and no noticeable difference in behavior compared with the supposedly cheaper/older version.
It’s a short post, but it captures a familiar user concern: model quality may be slipping while pricing and limits move in the wrong direction.
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