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NoClaude · 11 Sep 2026

it's burning my subscription 10x faster than Sol for essentially no benefit

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burning my subscription 10x faster than Sol

In the thread “Astra for Coding: Why Are We Doing This Again?”

Got in the way: Higher token cost and less efficiency without quality improvement.

… I switched over a week ago and I didn't notice a massive difference compared to Sol at first, but I figured I'd use it anyway because it surely can't be worse. Then I saw the bill, it's burning my subscription 10x faster than Sol for essentially no benefit. Not only is it more expensive per token, it also seems less token efficient. …