By https://www.tomsguide.com/author/amanda-caswell
Publication Date: 2026-05-09 05:30:00
If you had told me a year ago that it was possible to hit an instant limit, I would have laughed. Back then, I asked endless questions without ever hitting a wall. Now I’m constantly pushing my limits and it seems like only Big Tech’s token allocation has changed.
Like many other users, I didn’t notice it at first, but now the AI seemed way too expensive to me. And by that I don’t just mean the financial cost of the Plus and Pro subscriptions, but the usage caps definitely become part of the equation. At some point I realized that I was spending more time finding AI answers than actually using them.
And as AI limits became more stringent across tools and “thinking” modes became more restrictive, I noticed something else: I started to hesitate before sending out prompts.
That’s when I realized I needed a better system. That’s why in the last few weeks I’ve completely changed the way I use AI. Instead of…