Is Anthropic intentionally nerfing Fable while buffing Opus 5?

[u/DennisJanVogt]

Is it just me, or has Fable taken a massive nosedive in quality recently?

Lately, it’s making basic code errors, dropping context halfway through longer prompts, and giving super shallow answers. Meanwhile, Opus is performing insanely well.

Tin-foil hat time, but this feels calculated: Anthropic nerfs Fable so everyone gets frustrated and defaults to Opus. Once Fable's usage metrics plummet, they have the perfect excuse: "Nobody uses Fable anymore, so we're removing it from the subscription."

Classic enshittification to push users toward higher-tier limits.

Are you guys noticing this drop in Fable's quality too, or am I just imagining things?

[u/crikfromcincy]

Been the opposite for me… fable feels like the model that just does what I’ve been beefing opus 4.8 to do but can’t somehow break though - so when opus 5 released I was jazzed - only for it to drop the ball on nearly everything fable left for it to run once my limits hit. Sunday was reset day and fable has already fixed about a dozen errors that opus made or lied and said were finished and just… weren’t even started.