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Why I stopped paying $20/month for ChatGPT and switched to $2/month (and what I lost)
DEV.to AIΒ·April 20, 2026
The author explains why they stopped paying $20/month for ChatGPT Plus, switching to a $2/month Claude-based service for significant savings. Key benefits include access to the same underlying model and no 'token anxiety,' despite losing GPT-4 image generation and the OpenAI plugin ecosystem.
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