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Over the past two years, AI vendors have generally adopted a user-growth-first strategy, rapidly accumulating users with generous free or low-cost quotas.
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7/12/2026
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Claude Usage Limits Tighten: Is the Era of Unlimited AI Coming to an End?
redditr/AnthropicAi7/9/2026
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