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I don't think you can call it a rug pull when everybody saw it coming from miles away

I avoided Claude code and such the first few months because I thought it was all billed by the API. Which I knew was not worth it to me at all.

Then I realized I was an idiot and this was magic.

But it now seems more like an introductory offer to use the API, as opposed to an alternative product / way to use their API product.

I thought it would get increasingly expensive, like say the $200 plan becomes $400.

Switching these plans to API metering doesn’t feel like it’s a separate product anymore?

But it was well understood that the subscription was heavily subsidized. Whether or not it was a "separate product" doesn't matter as much as the fact that pricing was not sustainable.

It was not well understood that it would stop being subsidized without notice.

Does that just not matter in modern society? I’m an asshole for expecting the product I pay for on day 1 to be the same on day 8 and 29 of a 30-days subscription?

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