Astra is underhyped: outshines Opus when you hide the price, says dev
bindureddy · x · 2026-10-19
Bindu Reddy argues Anthropic's Astra is severely underhyped due to its pricing: normies prefer it over Fable, and it outshines Opus once the price is hidden. He calls it the most human-friendly Anthropic model yet — a first-hand practitioner observation on model behavior.
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