I realized I was wasting money every time I used ChatGPT – this simple system fixed the problem

I realized I was wasting money every time I used ChatGPT – this simple system fixed the problem

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.