Matt Shumer says Astra is great but burns his entire plan in hours, forcing four resets
mattshumer_ · x · 2026-09-09
- Developer Matt Shumer says the new Astra model is incredible, but it cost him the one thing he loved about OpenAI: generous plan limits.
- Fable burns through his whole plan in hours, while GPT used to run all day.
- He is now four resets down and plans to add a new subscription within 24 hours — "those days are gone," he writes.
A first-hand account of how next-gen high-performance models are squeezing usage quotas for heavy subscribers.
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