Why is Claude actually limiting your usage? Viral theory debunked

A viral LinkedIn post by Alex Banks lit up feeds with a staggering claim that one power user, @jumperz on X, consumed $27,000 worth of computing power on Anthropic’s Claude while paying just $200 a month.

The post framed it as proof that AI business models are broken, that Anthropic “burns 70 cents of every dollar it brings in,” and that the industry is heading for a reckoning.

The post spread fast and ignited a debate around the vulnerability of the tool.