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  "video_id": "reddit_1w31674",
  "channel_slug": "OpenAI",
  "channel_handle": "r/OpenAI",
  "title": "The 5hr usage is killing me!",
  "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/OpenAI/comments/1w31674/the_5hr_usage_is_killing_me/",
  "external_url": null,
  "upload_date": "20260831",
  "published_at": "2026-08-31T02:46:47+00:00",
  "transcript": "Im not sure why they decided to implement this but it is killing me when im working on a project and the 5hr usage just drains super quick.   I liked it when we had the weekly usage, because I dont need to use this every day.  But when I do use it, i like to get things completed.  not work an hour,  wait 4 hours to resume.    \nI wish they would go back to the way it was a couple weeks ago with just weekly usage.    \nDoes anyone know if the Pro plan also does 5hr usage as well?\n\n\n\n--- Top Comments ---\n\n\n[29 upvotes] \"im not sure why they decided to implement it\" - its been there for quite literally years before they temporarily removed it.\n\nanyway, the Pro Plan does not have 5hr.\n\n[8 upvotes] You must be new. The 5-hour limit was around for a lot longer than it wasn't. The reason why they have the 5-hour limit is (and it does make sense on paper) to even out your usage over the course of the week. So you don't just sit there and burn through the whole thing all in one go, and everybody does it during work hours, and then their compute is completely overloaded. It also has the side effect of making it so that more people than not are going to be more likely to not completely saturate their weekly usage.\n\n[4 upvotes] It does and it's quite annoying.\n\nBrainstorming chats don't count toward usage though. \n\n[6 upvotes] I have multiple Plus accounts and my Codex made us a harness to switch between them seamlessly. I pay for however many I need that month and it is far cheaper than Pro. This month, I have 3 accounts but one was offered free for a month, so I have 3 times the compute and 3 times the resets for double the cost!\n\nhttps://preview.redd.it/sgipp1zhymmh1.png?width=2916&format=png&auto=webp&s=2d0945445f105ed4bedae013d09d774e20d7003a\n\nObviously, free voice mode, memory stack, avatars and funny little 3D characters are optional!",
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