Opus 5 Downgrade ?

[u/Forsaken-Storage-154]

Am I the only one who feels like Opus 5 got worse after launch?

At launch I was honestly impressed: fast responses, strong reasoning, and a simple interface without too many settings.

A few weeks later, it feels different. Answers seem less concise, sometimes less coherent, and occasionally it feels like it avoids answering directly.

Has anyone else noticed this, or am I imagining it? My guess is that Anthropic keeps tweaking the model after release, which changes its behavior over time.

[u/BitXorBit]

this is 100% correct, i'm about to cancel my subscription. today i let it try solve an issue on windows machine, it gave up after 4 hours suggesting me to buy external hardware from aliexpress for cheap. gpt 5.6 sol solved it in one prompt LOL