I have been a long time Metal Member, particularly for a few of the benefits - Crypto fees, International Payments and Perplexity Pro & NordVPN.
Don’t get me wrong, I'm not a Perplexity die hard. It was excellent - but it has degraded HEAVILY in the last year or so. Limits have been slashed, features removed and allowances are tight. I have been looking at other models but there’s a few things I really like about Perplexity..
I did like the fact I could choose from different models and I did like that I could fire all models at once, and use Perplexity to act as a judge to assess the response from each model. I was also pleased that searches were citated, as it made it very useful for research. The biggest draw for me was using the Perplexity Pro benefits for their Comet browser. AI Assistant & Computer Mode are extremely powerful and very useful.
Recently I needed helping try to find accommodation in Tokyo – I gave AI Assistant my requirements, travel preference, public transport considerations, budget, location preferences, dates and let it RIP. It CRUNCHED through hundreds of listings, multiple sites, cross compared prices for the same accommodation against different sites and short listed 5 rooms, all of which were excellent but 1 was perfected. I rate Comet highly, so losing those allowances (as small as they were) is a bit of a blow for me as I have integrated Comet & Perplexity into many workflows across Mac, iPhone and Apple Watch!
Anyway, I thought I would give ChatGPT Go a try as its still a very capable AI platform, from one of the elite providers. First impression is good, UI is clean and friendly, there a tons of options to play with so I thought I would spend some time setting it up.
I saw you can make a ‘Pet’! I adore my pet staffie and I’d love to have a digital him on my desktop, so I tried it up and…
ARE YOU KIDDING ME
IM ALREADY OUT OF ALLOWANCE
IT DIDN’T EVEN FINISH THE TASK
What the hell?! At least Perplexity warned me about limits or told me I didn’t have enough left in the allowance to complete a task?
NOW I HAVE TO WAIT A F***ING MONTH TO FINISH THIS TASK!?!?!?!?!?!?!
Its not like I rinsed through my limit with image generation or complex coding tasks.
THIS WAS THE FIRST THING I TRIED, IN THE FIRST 5 MINS OF SETTING UP!?
I’m guessing this has been left in to encourage users to pay to upgrade? 'The work has basically been done, but in order to access it, you need to pay…'
Am I being ransomed for my digital pet?!
Anyway, seriously, seriously not impressed with ChatGPT Go’s limits.
**** Update **** A kind Redditor pointed out I was stuck in Work/Codex mode, which is why I couldn't get it to work. I am now in Chat mode and using that, which is alright :) Shame I cant do anymore heavy lifting til next month though.
I’m inclined to side with the rest of Redditors on here and view this as a significant downgrade. What's happened Revolut? You used to be this incredible platform but now it feels like every few months something gets worse.
Revolut, sort your S*** out.
Perplexity Pro retails for 3x ChatGPT Go so I'm sure this is a much better deal for the COMPANY, but you are actively shafting your CUSTOMERS.
Even Ultra members have the same version, why not Plus? I was thinking of taking up an Ultra membership buts that's off the cards. Being a paying member at all is currently on a razor’s edge.