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		RF_Savage 26 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Claude Code weekly rate limits SMS routing and billing systems did cost money. Especially billing, as the standards had nothing for it, so it was done by 3rd party software for a very long time.

margalabargala 26 days ago [–]

Of course, how pleasingly circular. "It's so expensive because it costs so much to charge you for it".

baq 26 days ago | [–]

Exactly! AWS is so expensive because it can be so cheap. Billing was the true innovation.

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