Powerful models you can only use ~45 minutes a day? Users slam cost and usage caps

ChrisUniverse · x · 2026-09-08

Users complain that top-tier models are far too expensive and burn tokens at an extreme rate, effectively capping real-world usage to about 45 minutes a day. A reply suggests the model must be used sparingly—like Fable—mainly for auditing and planning. The exchange highlights how the strongest models' costs and quota limits are becoming the bottleneck, not their capability.

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