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BACKGROUND
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How the story developed
30 Sept
Free credits....
OPINION · WHAT · OpenAI
11 Sept
OpenAI trying to take $1K from me
OPINION · WHAT · OpenAI
9 Jul
Open AI balance dropped to $0
OPINION · WHAT · OpenAI
Other feeds and industry voices
1 Oct
Anyone else get given 62,495 credits on the $200 plan?

<table> <tr><td> <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/OpenAI/comments/1wuqi9r/anyone_else_get_given_62495_credits_on_the_200/"> <img alt="Anyone else get given 62,495 credits on the

OPINION · WHAT · OpenAIOPEN STORY
13 May
Dodgy transactions from OPENAI

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>I’m wondering if their research Beta ChatGPT has become sentient and decided it needs an income….</p> <p>I received a burst of 32 transactions

OPINION · HOW · OpenAIOPEN STORY
5 May
Warning: Anthropic's "Gift Max" exploit drained €800+, ruined my credit, and got me banned.

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Heads up to anyone here using Claude/Anthropic as an alternative. If you have a card saved on their platform, <strong>remove it now.</strong></p>

OPINION · HOW · ChatGPTOPEN STORY
10 Apr
800 Million non paying accounts for free inference, but theyre nickle and diming paid users with lessened Codex rate limits.

<table> <tr><td> <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/OpenAI/comments/1sh9aar/800_million_non_paying_accounts_for_free/"> <img alt="800 Million non paying accounts for free

OPINION · WHAT · OpenAIOPEN STORY
2 Oct
Can everyone who went to DevDay and paid give me some insight into a fraud charge?

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>My card was charged $650, the exact amount for DevDay and it was charged under the name OpenAIOPCOL. My ChatGPT subscription shows up as ChatGPT

OPINION · WHO · OpenAIOPEN STORY
8 Apr
Free AI is dead. What does that mean for the vibe coding community?

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>When chat gpt was first becoming popular I remember I tried it and could use it for like, days, and no limit was ever hit. I tried again recently

OPINION · WHEN · ChatGPTOPEN STORY
22 Aug
Pay for credits, they said

<table> <tr><td> <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/OpenAI/comments/1vvn5dl/pay_for_credits_they_said/"> <img alt="Pay for credits, they said"

OPINION · WHO · OpenAIOPEN STORY
15 May
Permanently banned by OpenAI for "Cyber Abuse" I didn’t commit. No blocked prompts, no in app banners, just 4 silent emails to my spam folder.

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>I’ve been a $20/month Plus subscriber for over two years, using ChatGPT daily for work and dev projects. Last week, my account was deactivated

OPINION · HOW · ChatGPTOPEN STORY
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