Codex Pro $200 reopens with halved usage value and no 5-hour limit
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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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The $200 Pro plan's new usage calculation gives half the usage the old plan gave, measured in API dollars, and Tibo argues subscribers will still get more done. Tibo of OpenAI wrote that the plan would reopen to new subscribers the next day. He said usage would be calculated differently and would net out at half the dollar value in API spend compared with the old plan. API spend is what the same work would cost at OpenAI's pay-per-use developer prices, the yardstick he uses to value the subscription.
His case rests on prices falling. He commits to not bringing back the five-hour limit, so that in his words subscribers can fully use the weekly usage when they want. He says OpenAI guarantees subscribers will get more work done over time, at rising quality, because more efficient models lead to API price cuts that are passed on. As evidence he points to GPT-6 Sol and GPT-6 Luna launching that week at 50% of their previous price. Because the allowance is measured in API dollars, each price cut makes it cover more work. This is a promise about future prices. The post gives no figures comparing how much work the new allowance buys today with what the old plan bought a month earlier.
He also said the subscription would gain features that do not count against usage, but did not name them. Within hours he announced dots, agents included in Pro that he said do not draw down any usage.
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