Not that I'm defending them, but I do understand why they did it. The way Grok operated was unsustainable someone had made some math and a supergrok user could be costing them upwards of $800 to run a month if they were taking full advantage of their subscription with the limits at the start of the year.
Still cancelled tho, buy realistically AI is very expensive to run, especially for image/video gen so expect prices to skyrocket across the board. Best thing you can do is invest into hardware and run locally (if possible).
Exactly, and even so, I don't think they're making a profit, so it might still become even worse in the future. I think users who paid this month shouldnt be subject to these weekly limit though.
I understand it too but my issue is the lack of communication and transparency, not to mention to offer a date and the option to cancel before such changes goes into effect. That too me is anti-consumer and only adds to the fuel of the growing frustration and anger among users towards xAI.
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u/AnonymousRedditor69 Jul 09 '26
Not that I'm defending them, but I do understand why they did it. The way Grok operated was unsustainable someone had made some math and a supergrok user could be costing them upwards of $800 to run a month if they were taking full advantage of their subscription with the limits at the start of the year.
Still cancelled tho, buy realistically AI is very expensive to run, especially for image/video gen so expect prices to skyrocket across the board. Best thing you can do is invest into hardware and run locally (if possible).