If it's that big of a problem to you, you're free to just... not use the freebie?
replyIt’s an interesting thing to bring up because it’s this classic thing we’ve seen for decades now.
replyThe ramifications go beyond the individual which is why I assume they mentioned it. They don’t need to use it/not use it for it to have interesting implications.
so it'd be preferable if they didn't include the model at all?
replyI didn’t say that and I don’t have a feeling on that either way. But this is a limited time trial and calling it out as such is valid.
replyIs it nice we get the trial? Sure. Is it also a common play in the playbook of tech companies? Yes.
Then you better not complain how expensive it is to use (Just like the other companies are doing) or the next time Claude goes down then.
replyAnthropic does not care about us and isn't going to talk to you either and will extract from you as much as possible.
The true answer is local models.
It's not a freebie, it still requires a subscription and burns tokens twice as fast as Opus.
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