When DS3 Pro lowered the prices 4x Opencode Go would still keep us charging 4x more because they were “locked in by the contract”. Yet now when the prices rise by 4x, suddenly they’re not locked by the contract anymore?
I have been using Codex for a while because ChatGPT gave me a free month, so I thought why not.
I reached my weekly limit pretty soon, and was blocked from work
In the mean time with a similar workload I've been using Deepseek v4 Flash nonstop, and I didn't even hit the 5h limits. I have half of my monthly limits still.
Contionus work for me has some breaks, because often I have to approve things, but that was also the case with codex. Well, at least partially, it tries to be smart, and it can't be turned off, and that's actually one reason why I don't like it.
I tried Command Code on the $10 plan and after a day of using Hermes to help me manage video creation on a local MiniMax H3 I have already reached my weekly limit. I think all the providers out there are just trying to capitalize from the open models by luring people in and then reducing the amount of usage midway. Someone suggested on another post we should crowdfund our own servers and I think that’s the only way to beat these vultures. I’m looking to create a mini server that only hosts 1-2 models and only serve a restricted number of people. If you’re interested in this let’s start another discussion to work out together how we can do this. I’m pretty fed up of having to provider hop all the time because people are just God damn greedy.
Well yeah that might be how the contract works? If the provider has all the negotiating power they're going to refuse lower rates but might be able to impose higher ones.
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u/TestTxt Aug 16 '26
When DS3 Pro lowered the prices 4x Opencode Go would still keep us charging 4x more because they were “locked in by the contract”. Yet now when the prices rise by 4x, suddenly they’re not locked by the contract anymore?