Reddit asks what happened to 'too cheap to meter' as OpenAI quietly cuts quotas
rolyataylor2 · reddit · 2026-11-02
Reddit users report OpenAI shrinking plan allowances — newer models like 6.1 burn budgets faster and a December cap on reasoning is coming — contradicting Sam Altman's 'intelligence too cheap to meter' promise. Debate centers on whether supply-chain costs or greed drive the quiet cuts.
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