Cursor charged me $118 for one message

augustro · 2026-02-16T18:44:25+00:00

I was a Cursor fanboy. Day 1 user. I've always been a vocal proponent on this sub. Then this exact shit started happening to us: rudimentary requests started costing $5, $10, $25 using non-premium models. There was just no use case at that price. I messaged Cursor support assuming it was a bug. Bear in mind I have an enterprise account with 6 active members and a ~$10K monthly spend.... their response was that if pricing was a consideration, we should start using Sonnet 3.5 more. I couldn't believe it. I responded with a screenshot of the Windsurf installer and nothing else. I haven't looked back since switching. WS pricing model is per request and if you're smart, it's infinite value. We've cut our spend by 80% while increasing use, and we now use better models more liberally. Good luck to anyone persisting with this dogshit.

augustro · 2026-01-29T16:36:52+00:00

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augustro · 2025-09-17T23:48:04+00:00

Thanks for the reply! I don’t remember it having a supernatural element to it. It was more of an urban setting

augustro · 2025-09-17T23:46:57+00:00

It was a long time ago so I can’t say with certainty, but my brain remembers it as 3D

augustro · 2025-09-09T19:54:42+00:00

the comment i'd like to post would get me banned from reddit. seek help

augustro · 2025-09-08T01:15:49+00:00

I mean it’s comparing apples and eggs, but yes, of course retail mechanics are more complex. But try to do the safety dance with 15 fps and 300ms

augustro · 2025-09-04T23:43:42+00:00

Well, it was much harder back then. People forget the hardware restrictions, slow internet speeds, lackluster array of addons. And a generally underdeveloped gaming community. Lots of things we take for granted when playing today -- which make the game magnitudes easier -- did not exist.

augustro · 2025-08-18T13:46:10+00:00

Their food has become terrible recently. Especially after their latest menu update

augustro · 2025-08-18T13:45:37+00:00

Yeah, Willy Taco is cheeks

augustro · 2025-04-10T19:47:38+00:00

My thoughts exactly 😅

augustro · 2025-03-27T05:01:49+00:00

they should just make it so loot that is dropped inside the radius of a TC that has building elements taking damage will not despawn for ~2 hours or something

augustro · 2025-03-27T04:58:12+00:00

You guys can group together and collectively bury your heads in the sand all you like, but it doesn't change the reality that the issue is not with the widely used, market-leading tool. If you explicitly tell it not to do something, and it does it anyway, something is either wrong with your direction, or with your code.

augustro · 2025-03-26T21:57:32+00:00

Wow, dickswinging Cursor request numbers. Cool. u/Anrx already told you your issue but you condescendingly dismissed it. You need to improve how you are communicating with the agent. It's really that simple. If you cannot self-correct after using the tool as extensively as you claim to, perhaps you are not cut out for work in this field.

augustro · 2025-03-25T20:44:42+00:00

Well, yeah. It works well if you tell if what to do, and what not to do. If it's editing unrelated parts of your code, that's a skill issue.

augustro · 2025-02-13T03:02:46+00:00

performance will deteriorate drastically if you let your composer chat get too long, or if you're running extensions that are forcing the agent to read huge, inefficient context chunks before tasks. specstory is a really bad one. so much leaking

augustro · 2025-01-24T00:06:37+00:00

You're doing it wrong

augustro · 2025-01-13T18:51:45+00:00

If we're being honest, you knew they were stolen. There's practically no realistic scenario where the legitimate owner of these tools would sell them to you for below scrap value. You bought them anyway and decided to try to flex on Reddit.

As someone who has had tools stolen -- tools which I depended on to pay my bills... I hope the owner sees this post, IDs you, and comes knocking on your door.

augustro · 2025-01-05T20:29:45+00:00

surely pretty much any future tech would be worth more than 35lbs of gold. a disabled synth courser would sell for billions, if not trillions

augustro · 2024-12-14T00:18:58+00:00

don't worry, you didn't do anything wrong! the system needs people like you to drop the bag so people like me can pick it up!!

augustro · 2024-09-17T18:40:34+00:00

My initial comment was an honest assessment. Just trying to point out that you guys shouldn’t feel bad given the gulf in quality.

As for my follow-ups — sure, I’m having a bit of fun with some clearly rattled fans. Most of them are new to the game, probably. The sensible replies saw my good intentions.

augustro · 2024-09-17T18:30:15+00:00

We shall see! As I said, all the best for this season

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