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Re:Anthropic is renaming their Max plans by scuppernong on Friday October 30, 2026 @01:46PM (#50307524)
Ultra is replacing Max 20x, but only includes 10x usage. So this is just a barely obfuscated downgrade.
Re:Anthropic is renaming their Max plans by Topfi on Friday October 30, 2026 @03:06PM (#50308713)
Unless I am mistaken, it has been 10x of Pro weekly for a while with 20x being applied to the 5h limit, which now no longer exists.
Re:Anthropic is renaming their Max plans by Bluestein on Friday October 30, 2026 @02:25PM (#50308139)
Instead of Mythos they should have called it Manna, for someday the subsidized dispensation from heaven shall end, and woe and gnashing of GPUs will befall us, and our children, and their offspring.-
Re:Anthropic is renaming their Max plans by apiclay on Friday October 30, 2026 @04:30PM (#50309744)
Yup, but offer $200 in API credits instead of $100 as before.
Re:Anthropic is renaming their Max plans by willsmith72 on Friday October 30, 2026 @06:10PM (#50310806)
Nope, it's a rename. The old name was inaccurate for weekly limits

Not a downgrade

It's actually an upgrade because 5h limits are gone. It's objectively better value

Re:Anthropic is renaming their Max plans by scuppernong on Friday October 30, 2026 @09:19PM (#50312294)
so 20x was only for 5hr but it was 10x weekly? that's nuts
Re:Anthropic is renaming their Max plans by pllbnk on Friday October 30, 2026 @03:14PM (#50308831)
Not a totally related comment, but I thought it would be interesting to share. Today I needed to get some work done in a hurry and my plan reached 5-hour limit. Since I needed to get it finished and it was just the finishing touches on the ongoing work, I decided to add $5 balance in extra credits (they are consumed at API rates). It took one prompt ("Continue.") and maybe 5 minute on Opus 5.5 xhigh to burn through it without finishing what I needed. I added $10 more and asked to continue - a few more minutes and that was gone too. Thankfully, by that time it was nearly done so I decided against burning any more cash.

API rates are like setting money on fire, crazy, no wonder they are profitable.

Re:Anthropic is renaming their Max plans by rico735 on Saturday October 31, 2026 @06:21AM (#50314658)
Those new "free" API credits are another nudge towards getting people away from subscriptions imo.

Bet there's some Amazon Prime-y dark patterns in claiming them.