Paid $400 for a 'premium' ChatGPT subscription and got worse responses than the free version

Signed up for the paid tier thinking I'd get priority access and smarter answers. Nope. Took 3 weeks of back and forth with their support team just to confirm I was paying for nothing extra. The free version actually gave me better answers because it wasn't bogged down by their 'enhanced' filters. Anyone else get burned by this bait and switch?

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hayes.jake2d ago

Jumped on this train too and found something weird - @xena_brown50 is right about the speed thing, but nobody's talking about how the paid version actually blocked me from using certain prompts. The free version let me ask about fixing a cracked foundation, but the paid one flagged it as "potentially harmful construction advice." Three days of arguing with support just to get them to admit their filters are stricter on paid accounts. That $400 bought me LESS freedom, not more.

xena_brown502d ago

My buddy paid for the same thing thinking he'd get faster responses and ended up waiting longer than when it was free. He said it felt like paying extra for the luxury of worse service.