41 Supporters Worldwide – Help Us Protect Predictable AI Subscriptions!
NOVEMBER 5, 2026 – OUR GLOBAL COMMUNITY IS GROWING!
Dear Supporters,
We have reached 41 supporters!
Thank you to everyone who has supported our petition, shared it with others, or contributed to the public discussion.
What started as a small initiative in Germany is now receiving support from people across Europe, North America, South America, and Asia.
The world map accompanying this update illustrates the international reach of our growing community.
We are approaching our next milestone of 50 supporters!
But even more importantly, the discussion about OpenAI's planned subscription changes continues to grow.
PUBLIC CONCERNS ARE GAINING MOMENTUM
The main OpenAI Developer Community discussion has now attracted approximately 200 replies and more than 5,700 views.
Paying Plus, Pro, and Business subscribers are describing how the planned shared allowance could affect research, software development, creative work, and professional projects.
New reports highlight several concerns:
Long and complex conversations may involve substantial, difficult-to-predict resource consumption.
Developers need ChatGPT for analysis and planning while relying on Codex for implementation and testing.
A demanding task in one product could consume resources needed for another essential part of the same workflow.
Some users already report exhausting existing Work or Codex allowances much faster than expected.
These experiences do not establish universal usage rates. They demonstrate why predictable access matters.
OUR FIRST SUPPORTER COMMENT
We have also received our first personal comment directly on Change.org.
One supporter explained that they currently pay $100 per month, or $1,200 annually, for their AI subscription.
They stated that if OpenAI substantially restricts the access they currently receive, they intend to cancel their subscription.
The supporter also described having previously cancelled a competing AI service and never returning.
This is an individual experience, not evidence of a broader cancellation trend.
Nevertheless, it illustrates an important business principle:
Customers who are willing to pay substantial subscription fees still expect dependable service and predictable value.
WHY PEOPLE PREFER SUBSCRIPTIONS
This issue goes beyond ChatGPT.
Economic research has shown that consumers sometimes prefer fixed-rate subscriptions even when usage-based billing could be cheaper.
In their 2006 study, "Paying Too Much and Being Happy about It", researchers Anja Lambrecht and Bernd Skiera examined this preference.
Their findings identify several relevant factors, including protection against unexpected bills and the psychological burden of constantly monitoring consumption.
The study was not specifically about AI services, but its findings help explain why predictable subscription conditions matter.
People value knowing what they can afford.
They value being able to use a service without continuously calculating what every additional action might cost.
And professional users need to plan projects, deadlines, and operating expenses.
A predictable subscription is not simply a payment method. It is part of the value customers expect from a service.
THE FUNDAMENTAL PROBLEM REMAINS
Our concern is not whether OpenAI's new shared allowance will be larger or smaller than the existing separate allowances.
Even a generous shared allowance does not eliminate the conflict between essential activities competing for the same limited resources.
Complex AI workloads cannot always be predicted in advance.
A lengthy research conversation may affect the capacity available for coding.
A demanding Codex execution may reduce the capacity available for subsequent analysis and verification.
This creates uncertainty about how much work can be completed within the subscription.
If additional credits become necessary, users also face uncertainty about potential extra costs.
Upgrading to a more expensive subscription does not automatically remove these uncertainties.
Publishing exact token limits would improve transparency, but transparency alone would not prevent separate workflows from exhausting each other's capacity.
That is why we continue to demand independent allowances.
UNLIMITED INSTANT IS NOT A SUBSTITUTE
OpenAI has confirmed that Instant conversations will not consume the planned shared allowance.
We welcome that commitment.
However, many paying subscribers depend specifically on advanced reasoning models.
For scientific research, demanding software architecture, security analysis, mathematics, and complex problem-solving, Instant may not provide the capabilities these users need.
Protecting Instant access does not resolve their concerns about dependable advanced reasoning.
CONSTRUCTIVE ALTERNATIVES ARE AVAILABLE
Community members have proposed several alternatives.
These include preserving independent ChatGPT and Codex allowances, guaranteeing protected advanced-reasoning capacity, and offering transparent fixed-price options.
Some have suggested maintaining access to capable older reasoning models as a more economical way to preserve dependable conversational capacity.
A new GitHub proposal also explores offering managed AI teams as an additional premium capability.
The idea is straightforward: give customers compelling new reasons to upgrade rather than making existing workflows harder to sustain.
These are community proposals, not announced OpenAI product decisions.
They demonstrate that constructive alternatives deserve consideration.
OUR REQUEST TO OPENAI
We understand that advanced AI requires substantial computing resources.
We are not demanding unlimited computing power at a fixed price.
We ask OpenAI to preserve independent usage allowances for advanced ChatGPT conversations and Codex/Work.
We also ask for transparent accounting, meaningful protection of existing subscription value, and predictable conditions for professional workflows.
Above all, we ask OpenAI to engage with its paying customers before implementing a fundamental change to how their subscriptions work.
OUR NEXT MILESTONE: 50 SUPPORTERS!
We are now just nine supporters away from our next milestone.
But this campaign is about more than numbers.
Every supporter helps demonstrate that access to advanced AI should remain affordable, dependable, and economically predictable.
PLEASE SUPPORT AND SHARE OUR PETITION!
If you believe in our cause, please continue supporting the Fair AI Usage Initiative.
Share this petition with friends, colleagues, developers, researchers, students, and businesses that rely on ChatGPT or Codex.
Even one personal recommendation can help us reach someone who has not yet heard about these changes.
Our petition:
https://www.change.org/KeepChatGPTAndCodexSeparate
If you already support the petition, please help us spread the message.
You can also respectfully contact OpenAI Support and explain why predictable subscriptions and separate usage allowances matter to you.
Personal experiences and constructive feedback are especially valuable.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!
Seeing people from different countries come together around this issue is genuinely encouraging.
Our growing international community shows that predictable AI access matters far beyond any single country, profession, or subscription tier.
Together, we can ask OpenAI to find a fairer solution.
Fair AI Usage Initiative
A unified interface is progress. A unified restriction is not.
Predictable pricing is not a luxury. It is part of the product.