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It is not the plan they want you to buy. It is a pricing strategy to get you to buy the 20x plan.

5x Max is the plan I use because the Pro plan limits out so quickly. I don't use Claude full-time, but I do need Claude Code, and I do prefer to use Opus for everything because it's focused and less chatty.

Sure, I get it. For me a 2x Max would be ideal and usually enough. Now, guess why they are not offering that?

Same here. I'd love a 2x Max plan! More than enough usage for my needs.

Just make two plans and switch, when one of them is exhausted.

Yes, I hear that is what people do. Annoying though.

Where do you live? I'm in the midwest, US, and theoretical savings between 2x and 5x amounts to a single full bag of groceries. Literally.

How can this possibly be a concern?

You are clearly overpaying for your groceries. I can cook for a week from the difference.

If there wasn't a significant difference, they would offer 2x Max, the demand is there. But they don't. Clearly, their strategy works on fanboys like you.

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