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Genuine question, what are you spending that on? The $20/month ChatGPT/Codex subscription has largely been enough for me as an IT worker.

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There. I have the business plan with two seats and I use them both and blow through it pretty fast. I think it’s because much of what I have it do involves using a browser. For instance I have it pull various permits from cities and there’s no API for that.

Computer use will blow through tokens because it's doing image capture for everything.

You may have better and more reproducible results using browser controls that aren't image based, or writing tools that completely sidestep browser use.

I do where possible. I build MCP servers into custom tools. But a lot of it is stuff like filling out permit applications on government websites, or reading festival websites and applying, etc.

I will say one thing that frustrates me is the opaqueness of the billing model. I basically just have to pay a random amount. I guessed that it navigating the web is relatively pricey from watching my usage as it does stuff. And the whole thing is worth 10x what I pay for it anyway, it just would be nice if the pricing were somehow more transparent, even in hindsight. It can explain to me what is thinking as it does stuff, it could also explain the tokens.

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