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I'm genuinely so grateful for them

$200/m minimum to use Claude would bankrupt my country's white collar labor market

I would really appreciate a response because I'm sure you know that Anthropic has at least two lower priced tiers before the $200/m one, so I assume the $200/m tier is necessary because you use it heavily?

Now given that the $200/m Tier is the most heavily (I believe at 20x?) subsidized tier, How or what are you using instead that achieves comparable good enough performance for a fraction of the price? I've heard GLM 5.1 from z.ai but it's not comparable to Opus, not even close - really interested!

I’m currently on the $100/m plan and my usage limits get exhausted every week even though I’m not using it for full time work

I can’t imagine how little mileage you get out of the $20/month plan

For context, $250/month is the starting salary of an engineering hire at my country’s biggest IT company. Even $100/m is beyond the ability of any student or early professional to pay out of pocket

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