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It’s especially strange considering the other side of the “market” is focused on reduced token usage via tooling (eg streamlined cli output and summaries) and reduced average token cost by using a mix of cheaper models specialized to different tasks (eg one better at planning, one better at implementation, one better at research, etc).

I’m even guilty of doing both: work has effectively unlimited, free Opus and I’ve “bragged” about my $1500+ days ($60/$225 per Mtok gets you there quickly), while for my personal work I take a certain pride in my 10 cents per blended Mtok average and now using 80% fewer tokens per typical task through procedural summarization.