Honestly this whole thing feels extreemly scummy.
Don’t advertise “5h remaining” to paying users if the reality is that another hidden weekly wall can completely disable it anyway. That is exactly why people feel misled right now.
I paid for Plus specifically to avoid constantly running into limits while working on real projects, and now I’m sitting here with “5h remaining” on my screen while the product is basically unusable because the weekly limit silently overrides everything. How is that not frustrating?
And the worst part is how fast the usage disappears during actual repository work. Codex spends usage reading instructions, files, context, reasoning, tools, and setup before you even get meaningful output back. Then suddenly your entire week is gone after a handful of serious tasks.
At that point the “5h” number stops meaning anything. It just feels like marketing wording instead of a real usable limit.
I’m not asking for infinite free compute. I’m asking for honesty and transparency toward paying users. Right now it genuinely feels like people were attracted with the promise of a serious AI work tool, only to discover layers of restrictions after already paying.
That’s the part that leaves a really bad taste in people’s mouths.