Claude's 5-hour usage limit is peak-shaving, not malice, argues dev
gandamu_ml · x · 2026-10-11
A discussion on Anthropic's 5-hour usage limit argues it's a compromise to smooth peak demand rather than something nefarious — capacity is genuinely strained at peak but fine otherwise. The author notes off-peak discounts on tokens (like electricity pricing or DeepSeek's approach) could shift load, but would make users less comfortable; much more compute could be offered if user behavior were controlled, but users don't want that.
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