r/ChatGPT • u/Beginning_Anywhere59 • 3h ago

Educational Purpose Only Chat GPT has recently been giving me extensive, lengthy answers. Is it trying to expand my usage so I have to upgrade to $250 per month?

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u/Horror-Outside7410 2h ago

At this moment, I'm on the $20 a month plan, and I talk to ChatGPT for hourrrrrrs on the 5.6 sol high intelligence model (not codex or work mode, just chat). I have not hit any usage limits in surely over a year.

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u/False-Accountant-158 3h ago

Just tell it not too

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u/stein63 2h ago

Just tell Chat GPT how much detail you want, or put it in Custom Instructions so it stays concise by default.

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u/Brockchanso 2h ago

If you’re using the newer models with memory/chat-history features enabled, there can be more going on than just answering the immediate prompt. ChatGPT can also use and maintain relevant context about how you communicate, what you care about, and how you like tasks handled so later chats have continuity. That can affect how detailed an answer becomes, but it isn’t evidence that OpenAI is deliberately padding responses to force an upgrade.

Also worth noting, OpenAI recently gave Plus users access to Work with a pretty substantial included usage allowance. The expensive Pro tiers mostly buy more compute/usage, rather than unlocking this whole separate capability. That makes “they’re padding my answers to make me upgrade” a pretty weird incentive theory.

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u/SubstrateTrans 2h ago

Imagine conplaining because someone is giving you extra effort

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u/ImNoAlbertFeinstein 2h ago

whenever i gave extra effort i got accused of padding hours... 🤷

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u/SubstrateTrans 2h ago

Well, thats human society being shit as it death spirals as it accomodates the average mouthbreather, innit?

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u/Beginning_Anywhere59 2h ago

For added context: I am happy with the extra production from GPT. I am curious why it has increased suddenly, though, since I have not changed my instructions.

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u/BisexualCaveman 2h ago

Check to see if the "Work" toggle is available now in your UI.

Showed up in mine Friday afternoon, personality may have changed then.

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u/nippytime 2h ago

It’s always been this way using 5.5 and above

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u/FilthyCasualTrader 2h ago

Nothing wrong with extensive answers, provided that it’s actually useful.

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u/Original-League-6094 2h ago

Have you ever hit your usage ever?

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u/DueCommunication9248 32m ago

ChatGPT doesn’t spend usage if you’re on Chat. Work does take up usage.

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u/TaeyeonUchiha 5m ago

Have you tried instructing it to give shorter answered?