Pro Max 5x quota exhausted in 1.5 hours despite moderate usage

Re:Pro Max 5x quota exhausted in 1.5 hours despite moderate ... by wesammikhail on Sunday April 12, 2026 @11:12AM (#47740667)

I've seen sources like this before. It's all hearsay and promo. I was asking for any publicly available verifiable information regarding the cost of inference at scale. I haven't seen any such info personally which is why I asked.

I'm dying to see S-1 filing for Anthropic or OpenAI. I don't actually think inference is as cheap as people say if you consider the total cost (hardware, energy, capex, etc)

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Re:Pro Max 5x quota exhausted in 1.5 hours despite moderate ... by KaoruAoiShiho on Sunday April 12, 2026 @01:17PM (#47742128)

Well they're not public yet so you'll have to put up with rumors. But the numbers are available for companies like DeepSeek say they have an 80% profit margin, so it stands to reason OAI etc would do similar numbers considering they charge much more.

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Re:Pro Max 5x quota exhausted in 1.5 hours despite moderate ... by caminante on Sunday April 12, 2026 @03:37PM (#47743551)

AFAIK,

1. the 80% margin from 2025 was theoretical,

2. they're relying on distillation/synthetic data for training,

3. and have been very opaque about cross-subsidization of R&D with their models.

The distillation alone adds a big asterisk for comparisons.

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Re:Pro Max 5x quota exhausted in 1.5 hours despite moderate ... by KaoruAoiShiho on Sunday April 12, 2026 @04:02PM (#47743831)

Talking nonsense.

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Re:Pro Max 5x quota exhausted in 1.5 hours despite moderate ... by caminante on Sunday April 12, 2026 @08:24PM (#47746057)

> you'll have to put up with rumors.

> But the numbers are available for companies like DeepSeek

You'd rather trust self-reported figures? LMAO

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