Claude Code Users Hit With Weekly Rate Limits (techcrunch.com) 17
Anthropic will implement weekly rate limits for Claude subscribers starting August 28 to address users running its Claude Code AI programming tool continuously around the clock and to prevent account sharing violations. The new restrictions will affect Pro subscribers paying $20 monthly and Max plan subscribers paying $100 and $200 monthly, though Anthropic estimates fewer than 5% of current users will be impacted based on existing usage patterns.
Pro users will receive 40 to 80 hours of Sonnet 4 access through Claude Code weekly, while $100 Max subscribers get 140 to 280 hours of Sonnet 4 plus 15 to 35 hours of Opus 4. The $200 Max plan provides 240 to 480 hours of Sonnet 4 and 24 to 40 hours of Opus 4. Claude Code has experienced at least seven outages in the past month due to unprecedented demand.
Pro users will receive 40 to 80 hours of Sonnet 4 access through Claude Code weekly, while $100 Max subscribers get 140 to 280 hours of Sonnet 4 plus 15 to 35 hours of Opus 4. The $200 Max plan provides 240 to 480 hours of Sonnet 4 and 24 to 40 hours of Opus 4. Claude Code has experienced at least seven outages in the past month due to unprecedented demand.
AI really does move fast (Score:1)
It has already reached the enshittification stage!
Re: AI really does move fast (Score:1)
You haven't seen nothing yet. This still isn't the true cost of it.
Ask Claude (Score:4, Funny)
Claude, can you write a load balancer for yourself so you don't have to impose user limits?
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If this were about average use, they would probably not do it. This is about total load.
Re: Ask Claude (Score:2)
What if it's purely about creating scarcity for more subscription profit, and in reality demand is not prohibitive because, as you continually remind us, AI is no good and how can so many be enthralled with such a dumb fake?
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Blessing in disguise (Score:2)
Claude Code uses up tokens like a donkey kong machine
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Looks like LLM use is a bit more expensive ... (Score:4, Insightful)
... than many people hallucinated. No surprise for me.
Re: Looks like LLM use is a bit more expensive ... (Score:2)
What if the price is a hallucination by the CEO?
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I use different AI services, but never came across something like Claude. I paid for their service just to find out that the rate limit comes after about 30 minutes into using them for programming. Really Idiotic and unusuable.
Better get that ... (Score:2)
Some day people will discover (Score:3)
That they've got a pretty decent LLM built in to their own skull, and it's available gratis for their personal and professional use for up to 8-12 hours per day. The best part is that the more you use it, the better-trained and more effective if gets.
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That's true, for a specific and relatively narrow specialization.
However, when you need a one-off configuration, setup, solution, script, in a language you don't master, that's where having a code helper available is a godsend.
One recent case was when I wanted to have my Home Assistant home setup monitor my network devices via SNMP. What would have taken many hours, with the assorted swearing and frustration episodes, took about 3 hours total using Gemini Pro 2.5. It did all the heavy lifting for me and tau
Sigh. (Score:2)
Oh, look, now the limits start to come in, then the prices will go up, and eventually... hell... who knows... maybe the investors will actually see A PROFIT from those billions spent on training an AI to be a glorified autocomplete.
It'll only take about a hundred years or so to pay back their investment, even then.