1. Price hikes paired with reduced usage (worse value)
- “New subscriptions that aren’t eligible for grandfathering include a lower usage allowance than previously offered with Pro 200 to reflect our increasingly efficient models.” – minimaxir
- “Price escalation and reduction in features just leaves a horrible taste in my mouth as a consumer… I wish they would realize this and value their customer more.” – sixdimensional
2. Lack of transparency about actual usage limits and billing
- “They don’t outright state the specific usage limits. Just trust me bro accounting.” – CSMastermind
- “Learn more about limits” link just takes you to the posted page where it literally says nothing about limits… I don’t understand why they can’t provide how much token usage you get.” – cyral
3. Shift toward open‑weight / local models or other alternatives
- “Migrate to open models ASAP.” – ferrouswheel
- “You can use open weights models right now and ignore all this fuss.” – chrsw
- “I’d rather use a skilled dev + AI… as dev I am more likely to learn from AI, as it is better at explaining concepts than devs fresh out of school.” – avgDev
4. Eroded trust and frustration – feeling exploited despite occasional perceived net‑gain
- “It’s almost like consumers are just as greedy as the very corps they revile…” – WarmWash
- “Fuck that shit!” – adamrezich (reacting to losing half the value of a $200 plan while being asked to pay 2.5× for 1.25× the value)
- “It’s getting shitty, I agree, but still feels like a net improvement to where we were over a decade ago.” – xyzzy_plugh (acknowledging the trade‑off)