Paying for ChatGPT Plus Just to Be Locked Out While “5h Remaining” Still Shows Feels Misleading

At the end of the day, this entire thread could’ve been avoided if the system was communicateed clearly from the start instead of users having to reverse-engineer how their own paid limits work through trial and error. The fact that multiple paying users independently arrived at the exact same frustration should already tell you this is not some isolated “people refusing to understand” situation. When many users misunderstand the same thing, that usually points to a comunication or UX problem — not mass stupidity. And honestly, the constnt condescending attitude toward users giving feedback is part of why these discussions become heated in the first place. People are not angry because Codex is bad. They’re angry because the product is GOOD ENOUGH to become part of their real workflow, then suddenly unpredictable restrictions slam the brakes on everything with confusing messaging on top of it. That creates frustration. Naturally. Nobody here demanded infnite free compute. Nobody said OpenAI should “stop everything” for them. People asked for: * clearer communication * more transparnt usage reporting * more predictable limits * fallback access after exhaustion * and UI woding that matches reality That is completely reasonable feedback for a paid product. And honestly, if the response to that feedback is basically: “shut up, read documentation, millions of users don’t complain” then you’re not defending the product anymore — you’re defending bad UX and dismissing legitimate user experience issues for no reason. Anyway, I’ve said everything I needed to say. Hopefully OpenAI improves the transprency around this because clearly a lot of paying users are running into the same confusion and frustration.