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0 pointspjerem9mo ago0 comments

Well, sure. Except that in most of the world outside SV, $200/month is expensive.

At least Cursor is affordable to any developer. Because most of the time, even if it’s totally normal, companies act like they’re doing you a favor when they pay for your IDE so most people aren’t going to ask an AI subscription anytime soon.

I mean, it will probably come but not today.

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kookamamie9mo ago

You can subcribe to the Max with 90€ a month, which isn't bad considering the effectiveness of Claude Code.

greenknight9mo ago

Claude Code Pro ($17 per month) now supports it, just ends earlier

kookamamie9mo ago

Pro does not support Claude Code, the agent. The docs say it does, but it wouldn't work yesterday when I actually tried it.

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josefrichter9mo ago

Honestly, $200 is not expensive. Even just offloading some small tasks to a junior dev every now and then is incredibly cheap at $200.

Avalaxy9mo ago

Did you choose to not read his full reply? I'll repeat it again for you:

> Except that in most of the world outside SV

eloisant9mo ago

Even in a European with lower wages compared to US, total cost of a developer will be minimum 5000 euros/per month. And that's just salary with all taxes, not accounting laptop costs, office space, etc.

You just need a 4% increase of productivity to make those $200 worth it.

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raincole9mo ago

> so most people aren’t going to ask an AI subscription anytime soon

It's companies asking programmers to use AI, not vice versa.

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