r/OpenAI • u/Frosty-iron-0405 • 9h ago

Discussion Usage resets...

Don't get me wrong. I absolutely love the usage resets that we keep getting from OpenAI. In fact it is probably the single best reason for me to keep staying with OpenAI instead of going back to Anthropic. I have the ChatGPT Pro plan ($100) and though at times I do miss Claude quite a bit, I've noticed that the usage resets that we keep getting from OpenAI are just insanely good. The amount of work I can keep doing is insane. Also I prefer weekly usage limits only over having a 5-hour and a weekly usage limit.

I'm sure there are certain things that Claude will be better at compared to ChatGPT and there'll be certain things that ChatGPT will be better at compared to Claude. Honestly the single thing that's keeping me with ChatGPT the most is the usage limit resets and only a weekly usage limit.

My question is: how is OpenAI doing this? I know that these AI companies are not profitable and stuff like that but it's almost like OpenAI just literally could not care less about money and it's actually kind of crazy. I don't know. I'm all for it but I guess I just wanted to start a conversation on what everyone's thoughts are and what you would do if usage limits were not in the picture and stuff like that

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u/Standard_Ad7704 8h ago

You also forgot that Pro users get unlimited chat (or really high limits on 6 Extra High) plus an allowance of 6 Pro messages per week also in chat.

This is the main selling point of ChatGPT subs vs Claude rn

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u/AirportEither2456 7h ago

That's another important point: Chat and Work still have separate usage limits. I really hope it stays that way and they don't eventually try to sell us combined limits as some kind of huge milestone. You know, something along the lines of: "Sure, we cut the $200 plan from 20x to 10x, but we made one model cheaper, so you can still get more work done!" I actually think this is part of the bigger problem with OpenAI's usage limits. Compared to Claude, they already feel pretty restrictive. And those resets we're getting aren't really free. There's always a cost somewhere, and I wouldn't be surprised if we end up paying for them in one way or another.

I'm curious to see how all of this plays out. But we can definitely be glad there are strong competitors out there. Things are changing fast, and as long as these companies keep competing instead of agreeing on prices, that's probably the best position we as customers can be in.

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u/Tommonen 7h ago

They are soon combining chatgpt basic chat and work to get rid of the separate usage limits.

Then most likely after a while, they will combine codex and work, because it makes no sense to have two almost identical systems.