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Codex Pro $200 reopens with halved usage value and no 5-hour limit

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Tibo@thsottiaux

Hi, Tomorrow we are re-opening the Pro $200 subscriptions to new subscribers, but together with it we are also changing how we calculate the usage for it. In effect, if you do the math, it will net out at half the dollar in API spend compared to the old Pro $200 plan. Now that it's said, let me explain why this is happening and why you will still get more work done than if you were on the Pro $200 subscription one month ago. (a) We didn't want to compromise in other ways and are committing to not reintroducing the 5h limit, so that you can fully use the weekly usage when you want. (b) On the subscription, we guarantee that over time you always get more work done and with an increasing level of quality. This means that you will continue to get more value per dollar spent as a result of models getting more efficient and us passing down the improvements in the form of API price reductions. (c) We don't want to put an incentive on ourselves to artificially inflate the API list prices to make it look like you are getting a lot (and workaround it through discounts, etc). Instead we want to continue to both rapidly reduce prices and increase capabilities of models on the API. This…

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OpenAI's Tibo announced a change to the $200 Pro plan that would halve its allowance when expressed as equivalent API spending. Tibo's explanation also committed to keeping the five-hour limit absent, so subscribers could use their weekly allowance when they needed it.

The rationale separates API-dollar value from completed work. Tibo argues that more efficient models and lower API prices should let subscribers accomplish more even with a smaller nominal allowance. That is the company's expectation; the post does not measure how much work a subscriber completes under the revised plan.

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