30 comments

  • phyzome 10 minutes ago

    "During this period, the company also reset users’ weekly usage early on several occasions to celebrate milestones"

    Such a casino vibe.

    • F7F7F7 2 minutes ago

      Both OpenAI and Anthropic use a lot of casino/slot machine mechanics in their TUIs and Apps so likely intentional.

  • fau an hour ago

    > This is necessary as (a) the 5h limit allows us to smoothen the load on our compute, allowing to keep the plan generous in terms of weekly usage

    Seems fair, but then maybe the 5h usage should also drain slower during off-peak hours? Perhaps it already does.

    > and (b) users on the Plus plan are relatively casual and new users, but then also just accidentally eat through their whole weeks usage and then are confused, making it not a great experience.

    Wouldn't this one be fixed by making the 5h limit a guardrail you can opt out of? If so, then this doesn't work as justification for a mandatory limit.

    • bootlooped 35 minutes ago

      Also, I want to be able to eat through my whole week's usage at once. What if I was busy all week and want to work on my personal project(s) Saturday or Sunday.

    • cactusplant7374 33 minutes ago

      There are no off-peak hours. I have received the model overloaded error that cancels my current goal during the early hours of the morning.

      • out_of_protocol 13 minutes ago

        > early hours of the morning

        which TZ?

        > There are no off-peak hours.

        Probably US west coast hours, but there's no public stats

  • flimflamm 22 minutes ago

    So we must move to 5 hour working days. Thanks OpenAI!

  • q8zd3 2 minutes ago

    Imagine paying for this shit..

  • LaurensBER 40 minutes ago

    Given that it's not possible to buy the USD 100,- or USD 200,- subscription on a team/corporate plan this effectively introduces the 5h limits again for all corporate users.

    At this point the 40 USD/120 USD Cursor Team subscription suddenly becomes a lot more attractive. You'll get more generous limits and a single monthly limit.

    • rob 26 minutes ago

      > Given that it's not possible to buy the USD 100,- or USD 200,- subscription on a team/corporate plan

      https://openai.com/index/premium-seats-chatgpt-business/

    • evandena 24 minutes ago
    • trollbridge 37 minutes ago

      Based on the ads flooding me on LinkedIn, Facebook, and anywhere else I see ads, Cursor is really going after this market right now.

      • stavros 29 minutes ago

        I'm curious about why you see ads, I didn't think anyone on HN does, nowadays. Given how easy it is to install uBlock, is it a conscious decision to browse adfully?

        • rob 24 minutes ago

          Why not? I owe my life to ads. Thank you Google AdSense and Yahoo! Ads for the hundreds of thousands of dollars you paid for 16 year old Rob to slap them on his MySpace layout website in 2006 so Timmy could put a glitter graphic of Stone Cold Steve Austin on his banner.

        • walthamstow 24 minutes ago

          I don't think that many people here voluntarily go on Facebook either

          • dgellow 21 minutes ago

            I’m still shocked to hear that people go on LinkedIn

            • phyzome 8 minutes ago

              LinkedIn has a couple of useful features: Getting in touch with former coworkers; seeing who might know the hiring manager for a position you're applying for; uh... that's about it.

              The rest is garbage but I guess is how they make their money.

  • OsrsNeedsf2P an hour ago
  • dgellow 18 minutes ago

    I’m not a user myself but find it not great for your customers to announce such a change for the next day. Cannot they announce a few days in advance?

  • danielpassy 42 minutes ago

    This is such a bummer for those of us living in third world countries. I’m not a casual user, I just can’t afford to pay more.

    • dgellow 20 minutes ago

      Aren’t you better using other services than OpenAI if the price matters to you?

      • danielpassy 11 minutes ago

        I’ve tried Claude Code and recently switched to Codex. I’ve found that $20 on Codex gets me 4–5 times more usage than on Claude Code.

        I could burn through my Opus usage in 1 hour whereas with Sol, I can go 3–4 days.

      • usef- 13 minutes ago

        You might be thinking of API pricing? The subscriptions give you a lot.

  • LetMeLogin 14 minutes ago

    I really don't mind blowing my weekly usage in one day, but getting my tasks stopped and waiting for 5h cap to finish - is just annoying.

  • BrucecarlL 12 minutes ago

    Please don’t! Don’t limit my daily usage

  • sowrabh 24 minutes ago

    I can understand Plus to some extent but why would Work users be considered casual or new?

  • tarr11 34 minutes ago

    No point in using /fast mode if you are gonna get stopped after 5 hours.

  • honestlyranked 28 minutes ago

    I say its good because you can atleast have a break in between sessions

    • somenameforme 10 minutes ago

      Haha. I've been pretty happy using similar limits on Claude precisely for this. It provides a really nice work:life balance without that nagging feeling that I should really get a few more hours in.

  • hno8a34nwn 21 minutes ago

    Honestly didn't expect that