Positive users see productivity value in agentic coding tools that justifies subscription costs while negative users object to opaque token usage and unexpectedly high recurring bills.
Based on 16 visible X reactions from 25 accounts; directional sample.
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@andrewchen Fair. But doesn’t feel that way. And you get more bang for your buck. But it’s like I tweeted last week. The labs are quasi crack dealers. You get your first few hits for free, next highly discounted. And then. Once you’re hooked. You start paying full price.
@andrewchen when you spend $1 for a hot dog, you know what you get. with this, you have no idea how many tokens are producing output. it's all not very transparent.
@signulll @andrewchen It’s purposefully not transparent. Also to use the analogy, they can make their cars run less fuel efficiently without even telling you.
@andrewchen my claude api bills are already higher than my hosting costs tbh
@andrewchen And it's productive so easy to justify the cost
@andrewchen but its worth it
Agentic coding has the most epic subscription+upsell pricing model: code code code → run out of tokens → buy more → rinse and repeat it's a subscription with a gas pedal. the meter never stops
Positive users see productivity value in agentic coding tools that justifies subscription costs while negative users object to opaque token usage and unexpectedly high recurring bills.
Based on 16 visible X reactions from 25 accounts; directional sample.
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@andrewchen but its worth it