alt Hacker NewsYou'd think that if they were compute-limited ... Trying to get people to use it less ... The rational thing to do would be to not ship features that will use more compute automatedly? Or does this use extra usage?
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They are more worried about building a moat than anything else. They want people building integrations that are difficult to undo so that they lock into the platform.
Max accounts get 15 daily runs included, any runs above that will get billed as extra usage.
I don't think "usage" is exactly the metric they're going for, more like "usage in line with our developmental strategy." Transcripts of people using Claude to write code are probably far more valuable to them than transcripts of OpenClaw trying to set up a calendar invite.
It's how they can lock more users into their eco-system.
The rational thing to do would be to build more data centers. Use that huge influx of money on infrastructure. Make tokens dirt cheap.
I would imagine that this sort of scheduling allows them to have more predictable loads, and they may be hoping that people will schedule some of their tasks in “off hours” to reduce daytime load.