GitHub Copilot tightens its individual plan due to the massive compute demands of AI agent workflows, halting sign-ups and restricting top models, signaling the unsustainability of per-request pricing in the agent era.
Anthropic silently tested moving Claude Code from the $20 Pro plan to the $100+ Max plans, triggering strong community backlash before quickly reverting, exposing deep-seated contradictions and communication issues in AI tool pricing strategies.
Simon Willison argues that OpenAI and Anthropic have found product-market fit through coding/general-purpose AI agents, evidenced by their shift to charging enterprise customers based on API usage, marking a new phase in AI commercialization.