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Re:Anthropic appears to be A/B testing reduced effort levels... by DonsDiscountGas on Saturday August 22, 2026 @02:32PM (#49402433)
Only if the customer is paying per token. If it's by subscription they're burning their own money
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Re:Anthropic appears to be A/B testing reduced effort levels... by blehn on Saturday August 22, 2026 @06:02PM (#49404305)
the subscriptions all have limits. when you hit the limit you again start paying per token.
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Re:Anthropic appears to be A/B testing reduced effort levels... by nozzlegear on Saturday August 22, 2026 @07:07PM (#49404737)
If you're on one of the lower tiers (e.g. the $20 tier), they still have that incentive to burn your tokens and upsell the higher tiers.
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Re:Anthropic appears to be A/B testing reduced effort levels... by jjk166 on Sunday August 23, 2026 @01:37PM (#49410737)
Burning tokens does little to convince people that more tokens are a good use of money - especially if they are choosing between buying more of your tokens and more of your competitor's tokens.
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