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  "channel_slug": "Anthropic",
  "channel_handle": "r/Anthropic",
  "title": "So, CRIPPLE Opus and charge MORE for Fable..?",
  "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/Anthropic/comments/1ukchsc/so_cripple_opus_and_charge_more_for_fable/",
  "external_url": null,
  "upload_date": "20260701",
  "published_at": "2026-07-01T05:18:45+00:00",
  "transcript": "It appears Anthropic has pivoted away from adding Fable to Max plans (aside from a few days of usage after it’s restored) — giving us LESS than was originally stated AFTER their Fable debacle and AFTER very, VERY noticeably CRIPPLING Opus 4.8..\n\nHave to say, this feels really shitty. No fault of A’s that the most corrupt, inept administration in this country’s history can, on a whim, yank model access for “reasons”.. \n\nBut instead of coming back from this with grace and reassuring generosity, Anthropic makes it clear how corporate they themselves can be, that, for whatever reason, they can gimp a capable model while walling off access to its extra capable successor.. \n\nIt leaves us no choice but to hold our nose and resubscribe to OpenAI, which is looking only a little less odious by comparison, for the sake of bolstering competition..\n\n\n\n--- Top Comments ---\n\n\n[43 upvotes] Yes this is their enterprise push. Like what you got serf.\n\n[43 upvotes] The problem with having a model more powerful than Opus that they charge a metric shit ton for, means they need to be very careful about not making Opus too strong. \n\nOpus releases at this point will be very controlled and calculated to not take away from Fable profits going forward. \n\n[25 upvotes] I jumped ship from Open AI because Anthropic seemed the more reasoned ethical AI company at the time.   And they were, it was a sound dececion on my part.  Until this fiasco with the US Government.   \n\nWhat are the options?\n\n[18 upvotes] In a couple of years it'll be all local LLMs - revenge will be ours!  \n",
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  "ingested_at": "2026-07-01T13:30:20.011927+00:00",
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    "author": "damndatassdoh",
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