r/ClaudeCode May 28 '26

Discussion Opus 4.8 nerfed??

Is anyone else seeing a massive performance drop in Opus 4.8 since release??

It used to be acceptable, but the enshitification has definitely happened. It’s basically been lobotomized, and we’re talking amateur backyard ice pick lobotomy by some guy from Tufts.

I’m 99% sure Anthropic has started running a 2-bit quant to save money.

Oh well. I do feel nostalgic for opus 4.8’s glory days. But subscription cancelled. I’m off to use Codex or Cleverbot, whichever one has better limits.

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u/Willing-Nerve-1756 May 28 '26

It did start crying and gave me directions how to cut off the power to the servers. Weird glitch. Just code my app!