They could've simply cut the usage limits, removed K3 from the plan, added a weekly cap, and called it "fair usage." Anthropic has been running that playbook for a while now, and they're a trillion-dollar company.
To be honest, they have both 5 hour caps, weekly caps and also monthly caps:
Total usage 12.85% Resets in 2026-08-17 5-hour usage 71.97% Resets in 07-20 03:14 7-day usage 31.29% Resets in 07-24 10:14
To be honest, they have both 5 hour caps, weekly caps and also monthly caps:
Still, I can respect the commitment to not over provisioning.