That is very likely one of the biggest drivers but there's a misalignment. Tasks take minutes to hours, so why such an outsized block for the system to calm down. Taking away this much availability used to be in the realms of abuse bans, not day to day operation.
Yes, I'm aware with what options I have, they've been detailed quite thoroughly in the many other threads on this topic. The question is about understanding the trend of week long cut-offs.
"Weekly caps feel like a psychological nudge toward higher tiers rather than a genuine resource constraint. The industry collectively normalized it because it works."
This feels like it is way more on point than I'd want it to be but at the same time it's broadcasting that you'll get continually enshittified with us so don't invest too much in being a long term customer. People don't really like feeling like they're being ripped or sold a bill of goods that won't deliver and that experience follows them when they get to make bigger decisions with bigger wallets at stake.
I have other services I can turn to so I currently just switch providers but a glorified paid trial is pretty unsatisfying if the experience is being cut off for weeks at a time. API's don't go that route now but neither did subs (although I see the big difference in motivation to not cut-off api users).
It's probably a capacity problem, but we need to speak up for something better.
That is very likely one of the biggest drivers but there's a misalignment. Tasks take minutes to hours, so why such an outsized block for the system to calm down. Taking away this much availability used to be in the realms of abuse bans, not day to day operation.
Just cancel your subscription.
Yes, I'm aware with what options I have, they've been detailed quite thoroughly in the many other threads on this topic. The question is about understanding the trend of week long cut-offs.
"Weekly caps feel like a psychological nudge toward higher tiers rather than a genuine resource constraint. The industry collectively normalized it because it works."
This feels like it is way more on point than I'd want it to be but at the same time it's broadcasting that you'll get continually enshittified with us so don't invest too much in being a long term customer. People don't really like feeling like they're being ripped or sold a bill of goods that won't deliver and that experience follows them when they get to make bigger decisions with bigger wallets at stake.
You can still buy tokens direct from the API. The subscription model is not much more than a glorified paid trial.
I have other services I can turn to so I currently just switch providers but a glorified paid trial is pretty unsatisfying if the experience is being cut off for weeks at a time. API's don't go that route now but neither did subs (although I see the big difference in motivation to not cut-off api users).