Reddit user tallies OpenAI pain: limits halved, $2 burned per $1 earned
Capable_Economist280 · reddit · 2026-09-18
A long Reddit post aggregating user complaints across subreddits: the "Sol" model once handled a full week of intensive work, with one week burning 13 billion tokens; a €50 credit purchase evaporated in minutes. The newer "Astra" model initially offered 2.5x token cost at less than half the time, but server overload forced quality downgrades — "20x" plans dropped from 5 days to 2 days of allowance, and the author's "5x" plan fell from 100% to 25% after 3 hours of work. The author cites the $2 burned per $1 earned figure and OpenAI's deflecting responses, concludes that driving users away may be the only path forward, and claims he'd pay €1,500/month. Model and plan names don't fully match public information, so authenticity is uncertain.
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