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Cursor's ultimate problem is indeed people requiring more than they pay in.

The problem is that seems to include paying users:

> I’ve had single days with RooCode where I’ve burned that much on API calls directly to Claude.

They aren't charging what requests actually cost to users. BYOK users constantly mention it's more expensive than their native plans.

Seems a bit early to assume that as they turn the screws to fix the cost situation, free users will be the only ones left upset.



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