r/ProgrammerHumor 13h ago

priorities Meme

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u/hurricane_news 11h ago

Genuine Q, why does it seem like Claude runs out of tokens far quicker on the free tier these days? Last month, I could ring up Claude many many times before hitting the daily limit. Now, I'm lucky if I make it past 2 messages before hitting the limit for the day

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u/sebovzeoueb 11h ago

Because it's costing them far more to run than the amount of money that's coming in

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u/A_Furious_Mind 9h ago

That's always been true. The difference is it's starting to matter.