The 5-Hour Limit Isn’t an Accident. It’s a Rationing System.
OpenAI’s 5-hour usage limit isn’t a technical constraint — it’s a deliberate rationing system that shifts the burden of infrastructure optimization onto users. With critical updates scattered across Twitter, AI access is becoming a managed utility, and the community is left to fight with token hacks and shared accounts. The real lesson: the future of AI is about who controls the tap.