Dott(@DottChen ):I think it’s pretty clear at this point that everyone is going to have a subscription to either claude or codex, and use their included tokens to interact with third party apps via MCPs. There is no point paying for any AI product that charges you for an extra $20/m just for their AI features, which is basically a markup over OpenAI/Anthropic APIs for more margin.

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Dott@DottChen

2026.05.14 01:13

I think it’s pretty clear at this point that everyone is going to have a subscription to either claude or codex, and use their included tokens to interact with third party apps via MCPs. There is no point paying for any AI product that charges you for an extra $20/m just for their AI features, which is basically a markup over OpenAI/Anthropic APIs for more margin.