$20/month Plus subscriber hits 5-hour limit before Astra answers a single question
Jazzlike-Cup-5336 · reddit · 2026-09-07
A ChatGPT Plus subscriber ($20/mo) says he tried the newly released Astra for the first time that day with a simple question. After 39 minutes of running, it hit the 5-hour usage limit without ever returning an answer. He questions the value of paying when the service can't complete even one query, highlighting tension between usage caps and new feature rollouts.
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