Computer rolling out for Pro users as "pay-to-play"

The golden age is over

I really think the golden age of consumer and prosumer access to LLMs is done. I have subs to Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, and Perplexity. I am running the same chat (analyse and comment on a text conversation) with all 4 of them. 3 weeks ago, this was 100% Claude territory, and it was superb. Now it is lazy, makes mistakes, and just doesn’t really engage. This is absolutely measurable. I even saw an article on [ijustvibecodedthis.com](http://ijustvibecodedthis.com/) (the big free ai newsletter) - responses used to be in-depth and pick up all kinds of things i missed, now i get half-hearted paragraphs, and active disengagement (“ok, it looks like you dont need anything from me”) ChatGPT is absurd. It will only speak to me in lists and bullets, and will go over the top about everything (“what an incredible insight, you are crushing it!”). Gemini is… the village idiot and is now 50% hallucinations. Perplexity refuses to give me the kind of insights i look for. I think we are done. I think that if you want quality, you pay enterprise prices. And it may be about compute, but it may also be about too much power for the peasants.

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Complete-Sea6655

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Come on perplexity...

I've been using perplexity mcp via API to fact check output form Claude desktop, only using it once in awhile credit just ran out today after a few months of usage. We used to be able to top up any amount, come on man why you gotta be greedy I don't need $50.

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HzRyan

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I have been put into debt by Perplexity

Last I checked (two days ago) I had \~500 Computer credits remaining. I haven't used Computer in two days. Today I see that Perplexity has charged me for around 3,000 credits without any warning. Would love to know why I have been gutted of my few remaining credits. Regardless, I will be filing for Chapter 13 bankruptcy

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azeddev

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Perplexity has become garbage

Have gotten and used pro for the past three months, but it's gotten absolutely unusable at this point. Previously it was actually useable for lots of stuff like deep research, even a little bit coding since it connected nicely to GitHub. Now it's just pure garbage. Gets stuck on a coding task that would require changing literally two lines of code and freezes. Not to mention they switched Kimi 2.5 for nemotron, which is less capable to say the least. Claude is so much better for literally anything. On god they've ruined what would have been the most useful AI product on the entire market.

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allezjames

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perplexity replaced moonshot kimi Ai with Nvidia Nemotronmodel

I don't know much about this model so i asked it to perplexity sonnet and nemotoron itself and both saying it's a downgrade model from kimi to this model. what your thoughts guys, is there any speciality in this new model which other lacks, share me your thoughts

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Late-Examination3377

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What the hell is Perplexity Computer?

So I've been messing around with all this AI tech lately, and I wanted to break down what Perplexity Computer actually is for anyone out of the loop. It's not a physical rig you buy. It's a cloud-based AI platform that basically acts as your own general-purpose digital worker. It's a unified system that mashes a bunch of top-tier models together to handle crazy complex workflows like research, designing, building, testing, and automating all from one interface. You literally just tell it what outcome you want, and it goes to work while you sit back and chill. Key Features: • Multi-Model Orchestration: This beast taps into 19+ frontier AI models, automatically assigning the right brain to the right job. We're talking: • Claude Opus 4.6: Handling the heavy reasoning • Gemini: Crushing the deep research • Nano Banana: Generating images • Veo 3.1: Handling the video generation • Grok: Knocking out the lightweight tasks • Persistent Memory: It actually remembers your past work! It keeps the context locked in and hooks right into your files and connected services. • End-to-End Execution: You don't have to hold its hand. It formulates the strategy, hands out the tasks to sub-agents, and delivers the finished project. • Parallel Execution: You can run a ton of different tasks at the exact same time without having to babysit the damn thing. • App Connectivity: It links up seamlessly with thousands of apps to keep your workflow smooth. The Catch: This setup is built for professionals, developers, and researchers who need absolute autonomous project execution. But here's the kicker: it's locked exclusively behind the Perplexity Max tier, which runs a damn $200 a month. They do have customizable spending caps so you don't get totally wrecked on overages, but you gotta pay to play if you want those God-tier workflows.

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Crypto-Coin-King

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