After the Pro200 clawback, OpenAI now hides usage numbers behind weasel words
fidaner · reddit · 2026-11-02
A retrospective on OpenAI's subscription-limit saga: on Sep 29 OpenAI halved Pro200 "allowances" at the same $200 price (20×→10×, 200→100 messages). Users fought back on X, Reddit (r/ChatGPTPro, r/codex) and HN with arithmetic, leaked emails and cancellations — one user downgraded two $200 subs to a single $20 account. On Oct 29 OpenAI backed down: "We heard your kind feedback and won't be reducing usage limits for Pro 200," with an executive admitting "Your feedback worked."
The author flags the new move: OpenAI now promotes a "shared allowance" pool for ChatGPT and Codex with zero quantitative info — no pool size, rates, or comparison to old limits. Citing Cursor 2026 data (bottom 50% of users consume 5.15% of tokens, top 10% consume 55.87%), the author decodes the "most users" framing and calls for coordinated pressure on X/Reddit/HN demanding a precise old-vs-new comparison before December.
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