OpenAI catches fire following dramatic change: "You killed the service"

OpenAI is unifying the usage quotas of premium subscribers between ChatGPT and Codex under a shared pool measured in tokens. Heavy users may be locked out of advanced operations after exhausting the quota. Many users are threatening to cancel their subscriptions and switch to competitor Anthropic.

OpenAI announced the unification of usage quotas for premium subscribers (Plus, Pro, Business) between the ChatGPT chat interface and the Codex programming tool under a shared pool. Instead of counting by number of messages, consumption will be measured in tokens – units of information the model processes. Simple conversations will not be affected, but running inference models, analyzing heavy files, or writing code in the workspace will consume a significant portion of the quota. Users who exhaust the pool will be locked out of advanced operations until the periodic reset, or will have to upgrade or purchase additional credits. Reactions on social media, especially on X, are furious: users are calling the move 'killing the service' and threatening to cancel subscriptions and switch to competitor Anthropic, which removed the five-hour limit for its elite subscribers. The article notes that the move stems from the economic pressure on tech giants to cover high computing costs.